Groundfish definition
Examples of Groundfish in a sentence
In the event this 14 provision is not adopted by all Northeast Groundfish Sectors the specifications below will 15 not be implemented by this Sector.
For the purpose of providing the Sector and its 8 Manager with a greater understanding of the fishing patterns conducted by their 9 members, the following reporting requirements have been crafted and adopted by the 10 Sector in collaboration with all Northeast Groundfish Sectors in the region.
For the purpose of providing the Sector and its 23 Manager with a greater understanding of the fishing patterns conducted by their 24 members, the following reporting requirements have been crafted and adopted by the 25 Sector in collaboration with all Northeast Groundfish Sectors in the region.
The Members agree that they will not harvest more Groundfish than their 21 Individual ACE and that they will not collectively harvest more Groundfish than the Sector ACE 22 for allocated species.
The Groundfish fishery is required to notify NMFS, NMFS is responsible for the selection and informs the vessel and the contractor of trip details.
While it is anticipated that Sector members will fish primarily with otter trawls and sink gillnets, Participating Vessel may fish for Groundfish with any legal gear including hook and line gear (demersal longlines, automated hook, jigs, and handlines), Scottish seines, beam trawls and pots.
For the purpose of providing the Sector and its 9 Manager with a greater understanding of the fishing patterns conducted by their 10 members, the following reporting requirements have been crafted and adopted by the 11 Sector in collaboration with all Northeast Groundfish Sectors in the region.
All legal size Groundfish harvested during any fishing operation must be retained and counted against the Sector and Individual ACE, unless otherwise accounted for through a sub-ACL, except that ocean pout, northern windowpane flounder, southern windowpane flounder, Atlantic wolfish and southern New England winter flounder shall not be retained, and there will be a 1 fish per trip limit on Atlantic halibut, as required by Amendment 16 and its implementing regulations.
Once a Member’s Individual ACE allocation is reached for any species, or if the Sector ACE for any species is reached, such Member or Members shall not fish commercially in that stock area with any fishing gear capable of catching Groundfish unless additional ACE for that species is acquired.
The Members agree that they will not harvest more Groundfish than their Individual ACE and that they will not collectively harvest more Groundfish than the Sector ACE for allocated species.