[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 50, Volume 7] [Revised as of January 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 50CFR253.13] [Page 636] TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 253_FISHERIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS--Table of Contents Subpart B_Fisheries Obligation Guarantee Program Sec. 253.13 Ability and experience requirements. A notemaker and the majority of its principals must generally have the ability, experience, resources, character, reputation, and other qualifications the Division deems necessary for successfully operating the project property and protecting the U.S. The Program will ordinarily not provide guarantees: For venture capital purposes; to a notemaker whose principals are all from outside the industry; or for a notemaker the majority of whose principals cannot document successful industry ability and experience of a duration, degree, and nature consistent with protecting the U.S.