CRD 07-17 Table 1.
List of 10 management precepts of the NMFS State/Federal Fishery
Management Program (1972)
- A
program shall be developed to effectively control effort fishing effort
on the lobster resource.
- Reciprocal
enforcement between states shall be effected.
- All
states shall establish a uniform legal carapace length of 3-1/2 inches
with no State less than 3-3/16 inch carapace length by January 1, 1976.
- Maximum
size limit shall not be imposed on the lobster fishery.
- All
states shall enact uniform laws prohibiting the possession of egg
bearing or scrubbed lobsters.
- All
states shall enact uniform laws prohibiting the landing of lobster
meats.
- All
states shall enact uniform laws prohibiting the notching of female
lobsters.
- All
states shall enact laws prohibiting the possession of detached tails,
claws, or parts of lobster.
- All
lobster traps shall incorporate an escape vent of a size adequate to
minimize retention of sub-legal lobsters.
- All
fishermen and primary dealers shall be licensed and shall be required to
keep daily records of their activities on forms provided by the
licensing agency.
Source: NFMB 1978, Table 18
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