Let $V=\C^N$ with $N$ odd. We construct a $q$-deformation of $\End_{Sp(N-1)}(V^{\otimes n})$ which contains $\End_{U_q\sl_N}(V^{\otimes n})$. It is a quotient of an abstract two-variable algebra which is defined by adding one more generator to the generators of the Hecke algebras $H_n$. These results suggest the existence of module categories of $Rep(U_q\sl_N)$ which may not come from already known coideal subalgebras of $U_q\sl_N$. We moreover indicate how this can be used to construct module

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... ategories of the associated fusion tensor categories as well as subfactors, along the lines of previous work for inclusions $Sp(N)\subset SL(N)$.