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Monkfish fishery management plan framework adjustment 9, northeast multispecies fishery management plan framework adjustment 54 : incorporating stock assessment and fishery evaluation (safe) report for the 2013 fishing year and the environmental assessment
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2016
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Alternative Title:Framework Adjustment 9
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Description:"The monkfish fishery in the EEZ is jointly managed under the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) by the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), with the NEFMC having the administrative lead. The fishery extends from Maine to North Carolina out to the continental margin. The Councils manage the fishery as two stocks; with the Northern Fishery Management Area (NFMA) covering the Gulf of Maine (GOM) and northern part of Georges Bank (GB), and the Southern Fishery Management Area (SFMA) extending from the southern flank of GB through the Mid-Atlantic Bight to North Carolina (Figure 1.1). The monkfish fishery is primarily managed by landing limits in conjunction with a yearly allocation of days-at-sea (DAS) calculated to enable vessels participating in the fishery to catch, but not exceed, the target total allowable landings (TAL) and annual catch target (ACT; landings plus discards) specified for the NFMA and SFMA for each fishing year (FY). This framework action would implement changes to the current DAS declaration regulations and trip limits in the NFMA, and would also modify gillnet gear requirements when on a monkfish DAS in the SMFA. The primary purpose for this action is to consider changes to vessel fishing declarations requirements and possession limits. This action is needed to reduce operational discards and provide flexibility to vessels fishing in both the monkfish and NE multispecies fisheries. A secondary purpose of this action is to consider changes to the possession limits to Category F monkfish permits. These vessels comprise the offshore monkfish fishery and travel greater distances to fish. This action is needed to improve flexibility in operations and make the offshore fishery more profitable. A third purpose of this action is to change the regulations regarding mesh size requirements for standup gillnet gear. This action is needed to allow vessels using this gear to target dogfish and monkfish on the same trip"--Executive summary.
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