Comment from Domenic Petrarca

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2011-0048-0003
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: March 15 2011, at 12:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: March 15 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: March 14 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: April 14 2011, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80c08149
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas and Atlantic Tuna Fisheries Management Measures

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I oppose the proposed rule intended to deal with the 160MT dead discard from the Long Line Fleet. It should not be taken off the top of the overall Bluefin quota while still allowing them 69.5 MT \, which in effect give them 28% of the quota, instead of their historical 8.1% of the overall quota. In other fisheries, the sector is closed when it goes over it's yearly quota. When fatored in properly, the PLL sector would get 0% of the overall quota, and remember this is an incedental fishery, not a directed fishery like the other traditional sectors. This proposal is unfair, and unprecedented, and should not be put into effect.

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Public Submission Posted: 03/15/2011 ID: NOAA-NMFS-2011-0048-0002