Common use of Stock Areas Clause in Contracts

Stock Areas. Each Member agrees that it shall not fish commercially with gear that is capable of harvesting regulated groundfish species unless the Member has available ACE for all stocks for the area being fished. To the extent that ACE availability allowed, Sector members would fish within the entire range of the Northeast Multispecies Complex – the Gulf of Maine Regulated Mesh Area (RMA), the Georges Bank RMA, and the southern New England RMA. Most fishing effort would occur in the Georges Bank RMA, with secondary effort occurring in the Gulf of Maine RMA; little effort would occur in the southern New England RMA.

Stock Areas. 7 Each Member agrees that it shall not fish commercially with gear that is capable of harvesting 8 regulated groundfish species unless the Member has available ACE for all stocks for the area 9 being fishedfished or such an agreement as mentioned above. To the extent that ACE availability allowed10 allows, Sector members would fish within the entire range of the Northeast Multispecies 11 Complex – the Gulf of Maine Regulated Mesh Area (RMA), the Georges Bank RMA, and the southern New England RMA▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇. Most Primary fishing effort would occur in the Georges Bank RMA, with 13 secondary effort occurring in the Gulf of Maine RMA; little effort would occur in the southern RMA and Southern New England RMA.