50 CFR 622.476
§ 622.476 Anchoring restrictions.
United States · 50 CFR — Wildlife and Fisheries · Status: effective
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- 50 CFR 622.476, § 622.476 Anchoring restrictions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/421237
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The owner or operator of any fishing vessel, recreational or commercial, that fishes for or possesses reef fish in or from the EEZ around St. Croix must ensure that the vessel uses only an anchor retrieval system that recovers the anchor by its crown, thereby preventing the anchor from dragging along the bottom during recovery. For a grapnel hook, this could include an incorporated anchor rode reversal bar that runs parallel along the shank, which allows the rode to reverse and slip back toward the crown. For a fluke- or plow-type anchor, a trip line consisting of a line from the crown of the anchor to a surface buoy is required.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.