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Re: BVI to USVI newbie questions
[Re: GeorgeC1]
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05/14/2016 09:16 PM
05/14/2016 09:16 PM
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50 CFR 622.2 - Caribbean spiny lobster means Panulirus argus. 50 CFR 622.37(b) – Minimum size 3.5 inches carapace length. 50 CFR 622.38(b) - A Caribbean spiny lobster must be maintained with head and carapace intact. 50 CFR 622.32(b) (iii) - Egg -bearing spiny lobster in the Caribbean EEZ must be returned to the water unharmed. An egg -bearing spiny lobster may be retained in a trap, provided the trap is returned immediately to the water. An egg - bearing spiny lobster may not be stripped, scraped, shaved, clipped, or in any other manner molested, in order to remove the eggs. 50 CFR 622.31( j) - Spears and hooks. A spear, hook, or similar device may not be used in the Caribbean EEZ to harvest a Caribbean spiny lobster. The possession of a speared, pierced, or punctured Caribbean spiny lobster in or from the Caribbean EEZ is prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
and I also found this about slipper lobsters: Egg-bearing (berried) spiny lobster and ridged slipper lobster (also commonly known as shovelnose or bulldozer lobster) must be released unharmed. Stripping egg-bearing females of eggs, and possession of spiny or ridged slipper lobster tails from which eggs have been removed is prohibited. Eggs are an orange, yellow, brown, or red mass found covering the underside of the lobster’s tail. Gear such as spears, hooks, wire snares, and any device which could puncture, penetrate, or crush the shell of the lobster is prohibited.
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