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Council staff outline carryover, phase-ins and a 'green-light' option to boost groundfish flexibility
Summary
Council staff presented five coordinated groundfish management measures — carryover of unharvested allocation, phase-in of ABC changes, a mid-biennium 'green light' to implement positive assessment results, revised accounting for off-the-top deductions, and changes to specifications frequency — intended to reduce year-to-year instability and improve access for fisheries. The council will take further action after advisory-body input.
Council staff presented a multi-part package of proposed amendments to the groundfish Fishery Management Plan designed to give managers tools to respond faster to changing stock assessments.
Jesse, the lead staffer for agenda item F5, outlined five action items: ABC/ACL carryover, phase-in of ABC changes over multiple years, a mid-biennium 'green light' to implement positive new assessments earlier in a biennium, accounting changes that move off-the-top deductions into ABC/ACL buffers, and consideration of annual versus modified biennial specification cycles. The presentation emphasized that recent assessment updates and…
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