cfr_sections: 50:50:12.0.1.1.2.17.1.15

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50:50:12.0.1.1.2.17.1.15	50	Wildlife and Fisheries	VI		622	PART 622—FISHERIES OF THE CARIBBEAN, GULF OF AMERICA, AND SOUTH ATLANTIC	S	Subpart S—FMP for the EEZ around Puerto Rico	622.444	§ 622.444 Bag and possession limits.	FWS	16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.	87 FR 56217, Sept. 13, 2022, unless otherwise noted.	[87 FR 56217, Sept. 13, 2022, as amended at 90 FR 26940, June 25, 2025]	Section 622.11(a) provides the general applicability for bag and possession limits. However, § 622.11(a) notwithstanding, the bag limits of this section do not apply to a person who has a valid commercial fishing license issued by Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. (a) Reef fish. (1) Groupers, parrotfishes, and snappers combined—5 per person per day or, if 3 or more persons are aboard, 15 per vessel per day; but not to exceed 2 parrotfish per person per day or 6 parrotfish per vessel per day. (2) Angelfishes, grunts, jacks, surgeonfishes, triggerfishes, and wrasses combined—5 per person per day or, if 3 or more persons are aboard, 15 per vessel per day, but not to exceed 1 surgeonfish per person per day or 4 surgeonfish per vessel per day. (b) Pelagic fish. (1) Dolphinfish—5 per person per day, not to exceed 15 per vessel per day, whichever is less. (2) Wahoo—5 per person per day, not to exceed 10 per vessel per day, whichever is less. (c) Spiny lobster. 3 per person per day, not to exceed 10 per vessel per day, whichever is less.