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| | EPA: Federal Register: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Fishery Management Plan for Tilefish |
 | | Tilefish burrows are subterranean and, as such, may not be susceptible to impacts from mobile gear as epibenthic (i.e., above the bottom) structures. |
 | | Tilefish are harvested primarily (approximately 97 percent) by longline gear; impacts on habitat from this type of gear are not detectable and, if they occur, are probably minimal and temporary. |
 | | Because tilefish are overfished, the Council determined that it was necessary to limit access into the fishery, not only due to the condition of the stock, but the rate at which the present fishery was harvesting tilefish. |
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