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Council adopts flexible limited-entry fixed-gear PPA, allows single non-trawl endorsement
Summary
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on March 20 adopted the Groundfish Advisory Panel’s preferred approach to limited‑entry fixed‑gear regulation, endorsing a single non‑trawl limited‑entry endorsement that would allow registered vessels to use any legal non‑trawl gear to harvest their quotas and directing staff to prepare regulatory language.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council on March 20 adopted a preliminary preferred alternative (PPA) to simplify and expand gear flexibility for limited‑entry fixed‑gear vessels, and advanced related administrative changes including permit-price reporting, removal of a “base‑permit” administrative requirement and the elimination of a specific noon start time for the sablefish primary season.
What the council decided: The council voted to accept the Groundfish Advisory Panel’s package as its PPA, which included permitting vessels registered to a limited‑entry non‑trawl endorsement to use “any legal non‑trawl gear” — effectively creating a single limited‑entry non‑trawl endorsement (the GAP’s preferred option, described by GAP and GMT as Alternative 3 in the analysis). Council member Heather Hall moved the GAP recommendation and the…
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