Common use of Universal Exemptions Clause in Contracts

Universal Exemptions. Members shall be exempted from those management measures in the multispecies fisheries management plan determined by NMFS and the Council to be “universal exemptions” for Sectors. The universal exemptions approved by the Council in June 2009 are expected to be granted for all approved sectors in Amendment 16. They include the following: 1. Exemption from DAS requirements implemented by the NE Multispecies FMP (e.g., reductions and any differential DAS counting areas implemented as an AM). 2. Exemption from trip limits on regulated large mesh multispecies except for the following: a. Halibut: trip limit will continue to be one fish per trip; b. No vessels, whether they are in the common pool or in any sector will be allowed to possess any windowpane flounder, ocean pout, wolffish, or SNE/MA winter flounder on board at any time. When caught, they must be discarded. 3. Exemption from the Georges Bank Seasonal Closure Area in May. 4. Exemption from any additional mortality controls adopted by Amendment 16 (see paragraph below for additional details). 5. Revised GOM Rolling Closure Areas as recommended at the June 2009 Council meeting.1 6. Vessels using a xxxxxxx separator trawl or the Xxxxx trawl to target xxxxxxx while minimizing the cod bycatch are exempt from the requirement for 6.5-inch mesh and are authorized to use 6-inch mesh in the codend in the Georges Bank Regulated Mesh Area. In addition, should Amendment 16 adopt additional mortality controls, such as additional seasonal and year-round closed areas, gear requirements, differential DAS counting, and/or restricted gear areas, sectors would not be required to adhere to these additional measures since mortality by sector vessels is controlled by a hard TAC.

Universal Exemptions. Members shall be exempted from those management measures in the multispecies fisheries management plan determined by NMFS and the Council to be “universal exemptions” for Sectors. The universal exemptions approved by the Council in June 2009 are expected to be granted for all approved sectors in Amendment 16. They include the following: 1. Exemption from DAS requirements implemented by the NE Multispecies FMP (e.g., reductions and any differential DAS counting areas implemented as an AM). 2. Exemption from trip limits on regulated large mesh multispecies except for the following: a. Halibut: trip limit will continue to be one fish per trip; b. No vessels, whether they are in the common pool or in any sector will be allowed to possess any windowpane flounder, ocean pout, wolffish, or SNE/MA winter flounder on board at any time. When caught, they must be discarded. 3. Exemption from the Georges Bank Seasonal Closure Area in May. 4. Exemption from any additional mortality controls adopted by Amendment 16 (see paragraph below for additional details). 5. Revised GOM Rolling Closure Areas as recommended at the June 2009 Council meeting.1 6. Vessels using a xxxxxxx separator trawl or the Xxxxx trawl to target xxxxxxx while minimizing the cod bycatch are exempt from the requirement for 6.5-inch mesh and are authorized to use 6-inch mesh in the codend in the Georges Bank Regulated Mesh Area. In addition, should Amendment 16 adopt additional mortality controls, such as additional seasonal and year-round closed areas, gear requirements, differential DAS counting, and/or restricted gear areas, sectors would not be required to adhere to these additional measures since mortality by sector vessels is controlled by a hard TACTAC on each allocated stock.