We provide two membership options and operate three unique sectors tailored to our members\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n
Membership options<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Active <\/strong><\/span>members may harvest fish, or lease their allocations to others with the maximum possible degree of control over the price, timing, and recipient of the quota lease.\u00a0 They have sector rules voting privileges, and are eligible to serve on the sector Board of Directors.\u00a0 Membership dues for active members are $500 per permit enrolled in the sector, plus 0.18 cents per pound for each pound of groundfish ACE attached to a permit (for example, $180 for a permit with 100,000 pounds of ACE).<\/p>\n Inactive<\/strong><\/span> members choose to lease their allocations only.\u00a0 They may not harvest groundfish (but are free to participate in other fisheries).\u00a0 Allocations are generally leased via periodic quota auctions where the seller is allowed to set minimum bid prices for their quota, but may not determine the recipient of the allocation.\u00a0 The sector works closely with inactive members to provide quota market advice and maximize revenue.\u00a0 There is no cost to join as an inactive member.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> for a one-page summary of Inactive membership information.<\/p>\n Our sectors<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Sustainable Harvest Sector 1<\/strong><\/span> is primarily geared for vessels which prefer the freedom to harvest anywhere permitted by law throughout New England\u2019s fishing grounds, especially the inshore Gulf of Maine.<\/p>\n Sustainable Harvest Sector 2 <\/strong><\/span>is a dedicated lease-only sector for members (active and inactive alike) who are sure they will not engage in harvesting. It provides a degree of legal separation in the very unlikely event of sanctions imposed against an active fishing sector.<\/p>\n Sustainable Harvest Sector 3<\/strong><\/span> vessels agree to not fish west of 70 degrees 00 minutes for the entire fishing year.\u00a0 This measure is primarily intended to help member vessels avoid catch of Gulf of Maine cod.\u00a0 It is a voluntary restriction and may be modified by vote of the membership annually as resource conditions change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We provide two membership options and operate three unique sectors tailored to our members\u2019 needs. Membership options Active members may harvest fish, or lease their allocations to others with the maximum possible degree of control<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-547","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9sjxP-8P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/547\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groundfish.org\/shs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}