S-B Amendment 6 Management Plan Hearings

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by JLH

An important point from last night’s meeting is that there is what was explained as a “mistake” in the proposed cuts to the commercial sector. The proposed cuts on the commercial side are based off of quota numbers that were never met instead of actual harvest data from 2013. As the amendment stands now the “cuts” on the commercial side would result in a 13% increase in landings over the 2013 harvest assuming the commercial sector reached the new quotas.

You got it right. The comms didn't hit their quota so a 25 percent reduction from the quota equates to a 13 percent incr. from the actual harvest.

This was no mistake (and it won't be fixed) bc it states the 13 percent increase in the doc. Some of the other options would have left the comms with a larger incr as the 25 percent was the largest reduction. The rec and comm sections format were written differently and I think it was done intentionally to muddy the issue. I wish I read the doc ahead of time.

I think they could have taken a 25 percent reduction off of both sectors harvest but the comms would have complained they took a larger hit.

I gotta read the thing again.
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[bobber]

I think there should be a "loopholes" thread next..... no mentin of cleaning up the heinous waste that goes on in the NC net fishery (gee- I wonder why they didn't catch their quota last year?). also-charter guys need to stop taking home limits for the captain, mate, mate's girlfriend on every trip.... especailly when they do 2 trips a day. and then the " 25%reduction really means a 13% increase" needs to go too