Common use of Gear Restrictions Clause in Contracts

Gear Restrictions. 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. All Participating Vessels are subject to the same gear restrictions, such as marking, tagging, mesh size, and number of gillnets, applicable to common pool vessels using the same type of gear.

Gear Restrictions. While it is anticipated that Sector members will fish primarily with otter 18 trawls and sink gillnets, Participating Vessel may fish for Groundfish with any legal gear 19 including hook and line gear (demersal longlines, automated hook, jigs, and handlines), Scottish 20 seines, beam trawls and pots. All Participating Vessels are subject to the same gear restrictions, 21 such as marking, tagging, mesh size, and number of gillnets, applicable to common pool vessels 22 using the same type of gear.