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Current Fishing Regulations - South Atlantic

NOTE: All official regulations for fishing in federal waters of the South Atlantic is found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 622.

NOAA sustainable fisheries South Atlantic Branch, together with the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, manages fisheries in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Federal waters begin where state waters end and extend to the 200 mile limit of the South Atlantic. 

A state may regulate vessels that are registered in that state and fishing in federal waters for species that do not have a federal fishery management plan or applicable federal regulations, or for which the appropriate fishery management plan has delegated management of the state and the state rules are consistent with federal regulations. 

Federal Waters

 

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State Waters

Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on March 29, 2022