California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles › Chapter 5.5 - Fishery Management Plans › Article 4 - Market Squid Fishery Management Plan › Section 53.01 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
Brail gear, dip nets or scoop
nets means any net attached to a
					 rigid frame operated by hand or mechanical device deployed from the vessel to
					 scoop fish or invertebrates.
(b)
Daily trip limit
means a routine management measure which may
					 be used to limit take of squid on a per-vessel basis within a calendar
					 day.
(c)
Drum
					 seine
means a purse seine net which is stored, deployed and retrieved
					 with the aid of a mechanized drum (reel) mounted on the stern of the
					 vessel.
(d)
Egg
					 escapement
means the number or proportion of a female squid's lifetime
					 supply of eggs that she is able to deposit, on average, before being taken in
					 the fishery.
(e)
Egg
					 escapement method
means a management tool which may be used to
					 determine whether the fleet is fishing above or below a predetermined
					 sustainable level of exploitation. The method requires establishing a threshold
					 value to ensure that an adequate number of eggs are deposited prior to
					 harvest.
(f)
Fishing year
					 or fishing season
under the Market Squid FMP means the period April 1
					 through March 31.
(g)
Fishery Control Rules
means specific management strategies
					 such as seasonal catch limits, daily trip limits, area closures, time closures,
					 and sustainable levels of egg escapement which provide for a sustainable market
					 squid fishery.
(h)
Fleet
					 capacity goal
means an optimal number of vessels where the number of
					 vessels matches the available squid resource.
(i)
Forage
means the role of
					 market squid in the food chain as a critical source of food for higher
					 predators, including birds, fish and marine mammals.
(j)
Lampara
means a
					 rectangular net constructed with graduated mesh sizes, a definite bunt (bag),
					 and fitted with floats. It is laid out by the fishing vessel in a circle and
					 closed at least partially on the bottom by pulling the leadline in advance of
					 the float line.
(k)
Light
					 boat
means a vessel engaged in the commercial taking or attempting to
					 take market squid which uses bright lights to aggregate squid for commercial
					 purposes including live bait.
(l)
Market squid
means Doryteuthis opalescens.
(m)
Market Squid Fishery Management
					 Plan (Market Squid FMP)
means Chapters 1 through 5 of the Market Squid
					 Fishery Management Plan approved by the Commission on August 27, 2004, hereby
					 incorporated by reference.
(n)
National Marine Fisheries Service, NMFS or NOAA Fisheries
means the federal fisheries management agency which is contained in the United
					 States Department of Commerce.
(o)
Overfished
is defined at Fish and Game Code Section
					 97.5,
					 and in the Market Squid FMP also means a condition that may exist when either
					 the egg escapement threshold is not met, or catches of squid exceed any
					 specified allowable level.
(p)
Overfishing
is defined at Fish and Game Code Section
					 98, and
					 in the Market Squid FMP also may mean that harvests of squid are occurring at
					 times when either the egg escapement threshold is not being met, or catches are
					 exceeding specified allowable levels. These catches may not be
					 sustainable.
(q)
PFMC or
					 Council
means the Pacific Fishery Management Council established
					 pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
					 Act.
(r)
Point of
					 concern
means one or more of the following conditions affecting market
					 squid that, if found or are expected to exist, may trigger the application or
					 adjustment of one or more management measures by the commission:
(1) Catch is projected to significantly
					 exceed the current seasonal catch limitation.
(2) Any adverse or significant change in the
					 biological characteristics of the market squid (age composition, size
					 composition, age at maturity, or recruitment) is discovered.
(3) An overfished condition exists or is
					 imminent (defined as when the egg-escapement method threshold is not realized
					 in two consecutive years).
(4) Any
					 adverse or significant change in the availability of market squid as forage or
					 in the status of a dependent species is discovered.
(5) An error in data or a change to an
					 indicator of stock status is detected that requires adjustment to fishery
					 control rules to ensure sustainable resource management.