Common use of Nantucket Lightship Closed Area Clause in Contracts

Nantucket Lightship Closed Area. This exemption allows sector vessels to access portions of the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area to provide additional opportunities to target monkfish, dogfish, and skates. Any vessel that intends to access the Western or Eastern Nantucket Lightship Closed Areas must declare a closed area trip through the VMS trip start hail by checking the box next to “Closed Area Trip” under sector exemptions. Trip Start Hails must be submitted prior to departure. The sector must follow any additional trip declaration or reporting requirements that NMFS implements during the fishing year. Under this exemption, a trawl vessel may fish in the Western Exemption Area with any legal trawl gear allowed in the large-mesh groundfish fishery. A trawl vessel fishing in the Eastern Exemption Area must use a xxxxxxx separator trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85(a)(3)(iii)(A)), a Xxxxx trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85 (b)(6)(iv)(J)(1)), or a rope seperator trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.84(e)). Flounder trawl nets (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85(a)(3)(iii)(B)) are prohibited in the Eastern Exemption Area. A vessel using hook gear is permitted in both areas. A vessel using gillnet gear must use 10-inch (25.4-cm), or larger, diamond mesh in both areas. A vessel using gillnet gear must also use pingers when fishing in the Western Exemption Area from December 1 – May 31, because this area lies within the existing Southern New England Management Area of the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan. The Western and Eastern Nantucket Lightship Exemption Areas are defined by lines connecting the points listed below in the order stated. Western Nantucket Lightship Exemption Area Point N. Lat. W. Long. Eastern Nantucket Lightship Exemption Area Point N. Lat. W. Long. This exemption allows a sector vessel to fish for Acadian redfish in the designated Redfish Exemption Area, described below, using nets with codend mesh no smaller than

Nantucket Lightship Closed Area. This exemption allows sector vessels to access portions of the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area to provide additional opportunities to target monkfish, dogfish, and skates. Any vessel that intends to access the Western or Eastern Nantucket Lightship Closed Areas must declare a closed area trip through the VMS trip start hail by checking the box next to “Closed Area Trip” under sector exemptions. Trip Start Hails must be submitted prior to departure. The sector must follow any additional trip declaration or reporting requirements that NMFS implements during the fishing year. Under this exemption, a trawl vessel may fish in the Western Exemption Area with any legal trawl gear allowed in the large-mesh groundfish fishery. A trawl vessel fishing in the Eastern Exemption Area must use a xxxxxxx separator trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85(a)(3)(iii)(A)), a Xxxxx trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85 (b)(6)(iv)(J)(1)), or a rope seperator trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.84(e)). Flounder trawl nets (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85(a)(3)(iii)(B)) are prohibited in the Eastern Exemption Area. A vessel using hook gear is permitted in both areas. A vessel using gillnet gear must use 10-inch (25.4-cm), or larger, diamond mesh in both areas. A vessel using gillnet gear must also use pingers when fishing in the Western Exemption Area from December 1 – May 31, because this area lies within the existing Southern New England Management Area of the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan. The Western and Eastern Nantucket Lightship Exemption Areas are defined by lines connecting the points listed below in the order stated. Western Nantucket Lightship Exemption Area Point N. Lat. W. Long. Eastern Nantucket Lightship Exemption Area Point N. Lat. W. Long. D 40°20' 69°30' E 40°50' 69°30' This exemption allows a sector vessel to fish for Acadian redfish in the designated Redfish Exemption Area, described below, using nets with codend mesh no smaller than

Nantucket Lightship Closed Area. 13 14 This exemption allows sector vessels to access portions of the Nantucket Lightship 15 Closed Area to provide additional opportunities to target monkfish, dogfish, and skates. 16 A trawl vessel may fish in the Western Exemption Area with any legal trawl gear. A trawl vessel 17 fishing in the Eastern Exemption Area is restricted to approved selective trawl gear, including 18 the separator trawl, the Xxxxx trawl, or the rope trawl. Flounder nets are prohibited in the 19 Eastern Exemption Area. A hook vessel is permitted in both areas. A gillnet vessel is restricted 20 to fishing 10‐inch (25.4‐cm), or larger, diamond mesh in both areas. A gillnet vessel must use 21 pingers when fishing in the Western Exemption Area from December 1 – May 31, because this 22 area lies within the existing Southern New England Management Area of the Harbor Porpoise 23 Take Reduction Plan. 25 The Western and Eastern Nantucket Lightship Closed Areas are defined by lines connecting the 26 points listed below in the order stated. 28 Western Nantucket Lightship Closed Area 29 30 POINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE 31 A 40°50'N 70°20'W 32 B 40°50'N 70°00'W 33 C 40°20'N 70°00'W 34 D 40°20'N 70°20'W 35 A 40°50'N 70°20'W 36 37 Eastern Nantucket Lightship Closed Area 38 39 POINT LATITUDE LONGITUDE 40 A 40°50'N 69°30'W 41 B 40°50'N 69°00'W 42 C 40°20'N 69°00'W 43 D 40°20'N 69°30'W 44 A 40°50'N 69°30'W 45 46 Any vessel that intends to access the Western or Eastern Nantucket Lightship Closed 47 Areas must declare a closed area trip through the VMS trip start hail by checking the box 1 next to “Closed Area Trip” under sector exemptions. Trip Start Hails must be submitted 2 prior to departure. The sector must follow any additional trip declaration or reporting 3 requirements that NMFS implements during the fishing year. Under this exemption, a trawl vessel may fish in the Western Exemption Area with any legal trawl gear allowed in the large-mesh groundfish fishery. A trawl vessel fishing in the Eastern Exemption Area must use a xxxxxxx separator trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85(a)(3)(iii)(A)), a Xxxxx trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85 (b)(6)(iv)(J)(1)), or a rope seperator trawl (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.84(e)). Flounder trawl nets (as specified in 50 C.F.R. § 648.85(a)(3)(iii)(B)) are prohibited in the Eastern Exemption Area. A vessel using hook gear is permitted in both areas. A vessel using gillnet gear must use 10-inch (25.4-cm), or larger, diamond mesh in both areas. A vessel using gillnet gear must also use pingers when fishing in the Western Exemption Area from December 1 – May 31, because this area lies within the existing Southern New England Management Area of the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan. The Western and Eastern Nantucket Lightship Exemption Areas are defined by lines connecting the points listed below in the order stated. Western Nantucket Lightship Exemption Area Point N. Lat. W. Long. Eastern Nantucket Lightship Exemption Area Point N. Lat. W. Long. This exemption allows a sector vessel to fish for Acadian redfish in the designated Redfish Exemption Area, described below, using nets with codend mesh no smaller than4