Commercial trip limits are limits on the amount of the applicable species that may be possessed on board or landed, purchased, or sold from a vessel per day. A person who fishes in the EEZ may not combine a trip limit specified in this section with any trip or possession limit applicable to state waters. A species subject to a trip limit specified in this section taken in the EEZ may not be transferred at sea, regardless of where such transfer takes place, and such species may not be transferred in the EEZ. Commercial trip limits apply as follows:

(a) Greater amberjack. Until the commercial quota specified in § 622.39(a)(1)(v) is reached—7 fish. See § 622.39(b) for the limitations regarding greater amberjack after the quota is reached.

(b) Gray triggerfish—25 fish. The commercial trip limit applies until the commercial quota specified in § 622.39(a)(1)(vi) is reached, which is equal to the commercial ACT. See § 622.39(b) for the limitations regarding gray triggerfish after the commercial quota is reached.

(c) Hogfish in the Gulf EEZ south of 25°09′ N. lat. off the west coast of Florida—see § 622.191(a)(12)(ii) for the commercial trip limit.

[78 FR 22952, Apr. 17, 2013, as amended at 78 FR 27087, May 9, 2013; 80 FR 75436, Dec. 2, 2015; 82 FR 34581, July 25, 2017; 82 FR 59526, Dec. 15, 2017; 85 FR 20614, Apr. 14, 2020; 88 FR 50065, Aug. 1, 2023; 88 FR 87638, Dec. 18, 2023; 89 FR 59009, July 22, 2024]