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Community-based Sectors for the New England Groundfish Fishery

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Appendix C: Sector Proposals Submitted to <strong>the</strong> NEFMC<br />

in April and May of 2007<br />

Sustainable Harvest Sector<br />

Hank Soule<br />

Alternative 1: No Action<br />

Alternative 2: Preferred: Hard TAC on groundfish stocks of concern (GOM cod, GB<br />

cod, CC/GOM YT, GB YT, SNE/MA YT, GB Winter flounder, white hake), and DAS<br />

<strong>for</strong> all else<br />

Alternative 3: Allocation and hard TAC <strong>for</strong> all stocks of GF, monkfish, skates and<br />

dogfish<br />

Requests<br />

• Implementation in 2008<br />

• Full retention of legal sized groundfish<br />

• Allocation <strong>based</strong> on May 1, 2002 – April 30, 2007<br />

• Alternative 2 Preferred: Allocation of 7 groundfish stocks (GOM cod, GB cod,<br />

CC/GOM YT, GB YT, SNE/MA YT, GB Winter flounder, white hake) with Hard<br />

TAC backstop on <strong>the</strong>se stocks<br />

• Alternative 2 Preferred: Maintain input controls and DAS except as requested<br />

below<br />

• Alternative 3: Allocation and Hard TAC backstop <strong>for</strong> all stocks of GF, monkfish,<br />

skates and dogfish<br />

Requested Exemptions<br />

• Alternative 2 Preferred: Trip limits on GB and GOM cod, CC/GOM, GB and<br />

SNE Yellowtail, GB Winter flounder and white hake<br />

• Alternative 2 Preferred: Rolling closures in GOM and May seasonal closure on<br />

GB<br />

• Alternative 2 Preferred: Differential DAS counting<br />

• Alternative 3: DAS and reporting controls<br />

• Alternative 3: Differential DAS counting<br />

• Alternative 3: Monkfish DAS and reporting controls<br />

• Alternative 3: trip limits on GOM, GB cod, CC/GOM, GB, SNE yellowtail, GB<br />

winter, and white hake<br />

• Alternative 3: possession and trip limits on monkfish, skates and dogfish<br />

• Alternative 3: GOM rolling closures<br />

• Alternative 3: GB Seasonal (May) closure<br />

Necessary Policy Changes<br />

• Alternative 2: 20% cap of <strong>the</strong> allocation <strong>for</strong> white hake<br />

• Alternative 3: allocation of monkfish, skates and dogfish<br />

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