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GUIA DE ESPECIES MARINAS REGLAMENTADAS - Puerto Rico (NO ORNAMENTALES) (in Spanish only) Guia parte A   Guia parte B


Summary Federal Fishing Regulations Guidelines for PR and USVI


DNER, PR - Department of Natural and Environmental Resources of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Fishing Regulations


DPNR, USVI
- Department of Planning and Natural Resources, USVI

USVI Fishing Regulations

Magnuson-Stevens Act Amendment - Reauthorization Act 1/31/07 Draft

50 CFR PART 622

Federal Register


Common Names of Fishes in Puerto Rico/Nombres Vulgares de Peces en Puerto Rico

BOOK " The Queen conch life story"


NOAA supports Strombus gigas conservation measures


CITES Notification to the Parties

Recreational Rules for HMS

New Fishing Regulations for Atlantic Sharks  (July, 2008)

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Exclusive Economic Zone - U.S. Caribbean

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Public Law 94-265
As amended through October 11, 1996

AN ACT 

To provide for the conservation and management of the fisheries, and for other purposes.

 

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS 16 U.S.C. 1802

99-659

(11) The term "exclusive economic zone" means the zone established by Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983. For purposes of applying this Act, the inner boundary of that zone is a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each of the coastal States.

Magnuson-Stevens Act

Exclusive Economic Zone - U.S. Caribbean

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St. Petersburg, Fl
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Disclaimer

The present Guide has the purpose of providing appropriate information to fishers about regulations and helping in the recovery of the stocks and the sustainable use of marine fishery resources in the Caribbean.

This Guide is for general information purposes.  Fishery Regulations are subject to changes. 

For more information on fishery regulations you may visit the Federal Register.