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What Sectors Are and What they Aren’t by NOAA Fisheries |
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From Multispecies fishery bulletin, March 2010.
A sector is a group of vessel permit holders who voluntarily agree to fishing measures and procedures in exchange for a share of the total catch allocated to the industry. NOAA fisheries service does not consider groundfish sectors to be Limited access Privilege Programs (LaPPs) because [1] sector vessels are not issued a federal permit nor a permanent allocation and [2] a vessel owner can choose to join a sector or not, and can change his/her decision from one year to the next, and fish in another sector or in the common pool, based on what he/she considers the best opportunity at that point in time. |
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester
This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.
