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2) limits on days-at-sea (DAS) for individual vessels 



3) significant deficiencies in the data base which was to be the foundation of 

 the days-at-sea proposal 



Spring of 1993 Council holds second round of public hearings and submits 



Amendment 5 to the Secretary on September 30, 1993, 



Ju " e 19 ? 3 Secretary of Commerce implements emergency rules (similar to 



those being considered by the Council) to protect haddock and cod: 



1) 2,500 lb. haddock possession limit 



2) prohibition on pair trawling 



3) expansion of Area 2 (to its current size) for the month of June 



September 30,1993 Council submits Amendment 5 with a 5,000 lb haddock 

 possession limit which the Secretary immediately disapproved 



January 3. 1994 Secretary of Commerce approves Amendment 5 and again 

 implements emergency rules: 



1) 500 lb. haddock possession limit 



2) expansion of Area II and its immediate closure 



3) ban on pair trawling 



4) prohibition on the possession of haddock by scallop dredge vessels 



5) prohibition of transfer offish at sea 



6) suspended the Area I closure scheduled for February 1, 1994 

 March 1, 1994 Amendment 5 takes effect, although some provisions are not 



implemented until May 1. Amendment 5 some three years in the making is already 

 being rewritten 



June 22, 1994 Amendment 6 is implemented by the Secretary, this secretarial 



amendment now makes the emergency actions taken earlier permanent 



August 1994 At the Council meeting, the Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) 



presents assessments that indicate that Georges Bank cod and yellowtail flounder 

 are at or near the point of collapse 



September 1994 Council votes to proceed with the development of a new 



amendment 



October 1994 Council decides to recommend that the Secretary implement 



emergency rules to slow the decline of stocks while it developed a comprehensive 

 rebuilding plan 



December 12, 1994 The Secretary implements emergency rules recommended by the 

 Council: 



