Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 322 CMR - Division of Marine Fisheries › Title 322 CMR 6.00 - Regulation of Catches › Section 6.13 - Lobster Trap Limit in the Coastal Waters of the Commonwealth

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Definitions
. For
			 the purposes of 322 CMR 6.13, the following words shall have the following
			 meanings.
Effective Traps Fished
means a value
				used in:
(a)
the Outer
			 Cape Cod Trap Allocation Determination
that was calculated in the
			 assessment of each eligible fisherman's annual performance for the years 2000,
			 2001 and 2002. For each year that traps and landings were reported, Effective
			 Traps Fished is the lower value of the maximum number of traps reported fished
			 for the year and the predicted number of traps that is associated with the
			 permit holder's reported poundage of lobsters for the year. The value for
			 predicted number of traps was calculated based on a DMF published analysis of
			 traps fished and pounds landed for the OCCLCMA, and that relationship is
			 depicted in 322 CMR 6.13:
Figure 1
.
FIGURE 1.
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Figure 1
. Relationship between pounds
				harvested and traps fished used to allocate Initial Trap Allocation. Data to
				calculate the relationship was obtained from catch reports from fishermen
				fishing primarily in Outer Cape Cod Lobster Conservation Management Area during
				years (1997-2001).
(b)
the LCMA 2 Trap Allocation Determination
that was
			 calculated in the assessment of each eligible fisherman's annual performance
			 for the years 2001, 2002, and 2003. For each year that traps and landings were
			 reported, Effective Traps Fished is the lower value of the maximum number of
			 traps reported fished for the year and the predicted number of traps that is
			 associated with the permit holder's reported poundage of lobsters for the year.
			 The value for predicted number of traps was calculated based on the Interstate
			 Lobster Management Plan Addendum VII published by the Atlantic States Marine
			 Fisheries Commission that relationship is depicted in Figure 2.
FIGURE 2
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Figure 2
. Relationship between pounds
				harvested and traps fished used to allocate Initial Trap Allocation. Data to
				calculate the relationship was obtained from catch reports from fishermen
				fishing primarily in LCMA 2 during years (2001-2003).
(c)
Exception
. For
			 coastal lobster permit holders who fished for lobster primarily by hand using
			 SCUBA gear in a LCMA under control of an effort control plan, Effective Traps
			 Fished means the annual predicted number of traps that is associated with the
			 permit holder's reported poundage of lobsters during the performance years
			 specified for a LCMA under control of an effort control plan as defined in 322
			 CMR 6.13(1)(a) and (b). The value for predicted number of traps was calculated
			 based on a DMF published analysis of traps fished and pounds landed for a LCMA
			 and that relationship is depicted in 322 CMR 6.13:
Figures 1
and
2
.
Fish
means to set lobster traps on
				the ocean bottom.
LCMA 2 Trap Allocation
means the
				number of traps assigned to a coastal permit holder endorsed for LCMA 2 plus or
				minus any traps allocated through the trap transfer process outlined in
				322
				CMR 7.03:
Coastal Lobster Permit and
				Trap Allocation Transfer Programs
.
Lobster
means that species known as
Homarus americanus
.