Yellowtail flounder
(iv) Yellowtail flounder. A vessel fishing in the GB yellowtail stock area defined at 648.88(a)(7), but exclusively outside of the U.S./Canada Management Area, as defined in 648.85(a)(1), is subject to the GB yellowtail flounder limit described in paragraph (a) of this section. A vessel fishing in the U.S./Canada Management Area defined in 648.85(a)(1) is subject to the GB yellowtail flounder limit described in 648.85(a)(3)(iv)(C). A vessel fishing outside and inside of the U.S./Canada Management Area on the same trip is subject to the most restrictive yellowtail flounder trip limit (i.e., the most restrictive of all the trip limits for all three yellowtail flounder stocks, as specified by paragraph (a) of this section or 648.85(a)(3)(iv)(C)). (v) Offloading requirement for vessels possessing species regulated by a daily possession limit. A vessel that has ended a trip as specified in 648.10(e)(2)(iii) or 648.10(h)(5) that possesses on board species regulated by a daily possession limit (i.e., pounds per DAS), as specified at 648.85 or 648.86, must offload species in excess of the daily possession limit prior to leaving port on a subsequent trip. A vessel may retain on board up to 1 day's worth of such species prior to the start of a subsequent trip. Other species regulated by an overall trip limit may be retained on board for a subsequent trip. For example, a vessel that possesses haddock and winter flounder harvested from Gulf of Maine is subject to a daily possession limit for haddock of 1,000 lb (453 kg)/DAS and an overall trip limit of 2,000 lb (907 kg)/trip for winter flounder (no daily possession limit). In this example, the vessel would be required to offload any haddock harvested in excess of 1,000 lb (453 kg) (i.e., the vessel may retain up to 1,000 lb (453 kg) of GOM haddock, and must offload any additional haddock), but may retain 2,000 lb (907 kg) of winter flounder prior to leaving port and crossing the VMS Demarcation Line to begin a subsequent trip.