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CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES > SUBPART K—Highly Migratory Fisheries (§660.701 to §660.721) > 660.711—General catch restrictions.

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660.711—General catch restrictions.

(a) Prohibited species. HMS under the FMP for which quotas have been achieved and the fishery closed are prohibited species. In addition, the following are prohibited species:
(1) Any species of salmon.
(2) Great white shark.
(3) Basking shark.
(4) Megamouth shark.
(5) Pacific halibut.
(b) Incidental landings. HMS caught by gear not authorized by this subpart may be landed in incidental amounts as follows:
(1) Drift gillnet vessels with stretched mesh less than 14 inches may land up to 10 HMS per trip, except that no swordfish may be landed.
(2) Bottom longline vessels may land up to 20 percent by weight of management unit sharks in landings of all species, or 3 individual sharks of the species in the management unit, whichever is greater.
(3) Trawl and pot gear vessels may land up to 1 percent by weight of management unit sharks in a landing of all species or 2 individual sharks of the species in the management unit, whichever is greater.
(c) Marlin prohibition. The sale of striped marlin by a vessel with a permit under this subpart is prohibited.
(d) Sea turtle handling and resuscitation. All sea turtles taken incidentally in fishing operations by any HMS vessel other than vessels subject to § 660.712 must be handled in accordance with 50 CFR 223.206(d)(1).
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