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DorothyLowman,ChairPacificFisheryManagementCouncil1100NEAmbassadorPlace,#101Portland,Oregon97220RE:AgendaItemF.3–DeepSetBuoyGearAmendmentScoping
DearChairLowmanandCouncilmembers,
Sportfishingisthebackboneofourindustryandsportfishermenarethelifebloodkeepingourbusinessesrunning.WewritetostandwiththethousandsofsportfishermencallingforchangeintheWestCoastswordfishfishery,andencourageyoutobegintheauthorizationprocessfordeep-setbuoygearinMarch.
TheWestCoastcommercialfisheryforswordfishneedsalternativegeartypestodriftgillnets.Thesemile-longnets,setforhoursatatimeovernight,ensnarefinfishsuchasstripedmarlinandmanyotherspeciesofmarineliferesultingin64%ofthecatchbeingdiscardedoverboard,ofteninjuredordead.
Lastyear,thePacificFisheryManagementCounciltookseveralpositivestepsindevelopingacomprehensiveSwordfishManagement&MonitoringPlanwiththegoalofreducingbycatchintheWestCoastswordfishfishery.WecommendtheCouncilforitsapprovalofhardcapsonprotectedandvulnerablespecies,aswellas100percentmonitoringinthedriftgillnetfishery,asinterimmeasuresuntilatransitiontocleanergearoccurs.
Additionally,weapplaudtheCouncil’sdecisiontoleaveauthorizationofshallow-setlonglinegearoutsidetheExclusiveEconomicZoneoffoftheCouncil‘s2016agenda.Wehopethisdeletionispermanent,asanyWestCoast-basedlonglinefisherywouldnotachievetheCouncil’sgoalofreducingbycatchandarenotasustainablealternativetodriftgillnets.
Deep-setbuoygearprovidessuchanalternative,andwestronglyencouragethePacificFisheryManagementCounciltoauthorizethisgearinatimelymanner.Buoygearisactivelytended,usingahook-and-buoysystemthatenablesfishermentodroptheirhooksasdeepas1,200feettoreachswordfishandrespondtoabitewithinminutes.Scientistsandcooperatingfishermenhavetestedthegearextensivelyfornearlyfiveyearsanditmaintainsa94percentmarketablecatchrate.
Webelievetheworktoimplementhardcapsand100percentmonitoringcancoincidewithauthorizationofdeep-setbuoygear.Pleaseensurethatauthorizationofthisimportantinnovationisapriorityin2016.
ThankyouinadvanceonbehalfoftheInternationalGameFishAssociation,CoastalConservationAssociationCalifornia,theAmericanSportfishingAssociation,andtheoveronehundredsportfishingbusinesseslistedbelow.
Sincerely,
Wetheundersigned
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