° Give priority to specific gear in high use, nearshore waters 

 where growth overfishing is demonstrated. 



2. Short term goal : Because of the dearth of information about 

 social and economic values of this fishery and the biological status of the 

 stocks, the short term goal is to stablilize harvest while socio-economic 

 and biological data are being obtained. 



° Optimum Yield 



Optimum yield (OY) in management subunit 1, 2 and 3 is specified 

 as equal to the current (1979) catch OY for subunit 4 is specified as the 

 amount of fish harvested which results in the average length of the catch 

 being no less than the average length at which females mature averaged with 

 the length at which males mature. 



° Definition of overfishing 



Harvest from any of the four management subunits in excess 

 of the stated OY for that subunit is to be considered overfishing and as 

 cause to restrain the fishery, with the following provisions. 



1. The fishery is not to be restrained if the data used to 

 determine OY was faulty. 



2. The fishery is not to be restrained if up-to-date biological 

 analysis indicates that the stock can safely sustain additional harvest. 



3. The fishery is not to be restrained unless the social and 

 economic benefits to be gained in subsequent years are greater than the 

 social and economic costs which will be incurred in the year of restraint. 



° Management measures 



1 . Special Management 7ones 



Zones in which special management measures are applicable 

 may be designated. Such designations may be for a stipulated period of 

 time or may be in force until changed by the Council. 



The following is a broad spectrum of biological, socio- 

 economic and environmental indicators which the Council will employ to iden- 

 tify zones that may require a special management regime. It should be noted 

 that all of these indicators will be applicable in all situations. The 

 indicators that are applicable in a particular area will be balanced against 

 the objectives established for that fishery before the special management 

 zone designation is made. 



Biological 



a. Yield per recruit is less than the maximum (the 

 management goals for the fishery will determine 

 the level that is unacceptable). 



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