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The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) is considering implementing changes to the Pacific Coast groundfish trawl catch share program (Program). The Council is considering setting limits on the accumulation of catcher-processor permits and/or harvesting and processing activities. This action announces that levels of accumulation occurring after June 13, 2017, might not be allowed to persist, depending on the Council's final policy recommendations. This Council announcement for the Program is intended to discourage increased acquisition and usage of catcher processor permits and/or usage of catcher processor allocation based on economic speculation while the Pacific Council develops and considers changes to the trawl catch share program.