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Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery Management Plan
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| Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) | Tortugas shrimp sanctuary |
| Bycatch Reduction Devices (BRDs) | Red snapper bycatch reduction closure |
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Species Managed
Pink Shrimp
Brown Shrimp
White Shrimp
Royal Red Shrimp
Actions
Amendment 18: Modifying the Shrimp Effort Threshold
This action would adjust the target reduction goal for juvenile red snapper mortality in the federal Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawl fishery in the 10-30 fathom depth zone, and would modify the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan management measures framework…
Effective
03/09/2020
2019 Gulf of Mexico Shrimp In-Season Actions
This is a list of the in-season actions related to the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery Management Plan, such as fishery closures, that occurred in the 2019 calendar year.
Effective
12/31/2019
Shrimp Amendment 17B: Yield, Permit Threshold, and Transit Provisions
Amendment 17B defines the optimum yield for shrimp, determines the appropriate number of permits to achieve optimum yield on a continuing basis, considers measures to maintain the appropriate number of permits for the federal Gulf shrimp fishery without…
Effective
01/22/2018
Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Historical Amendments and Rulemaking (1981-2017)
The following is a list of historic rulemakings to the Fishery Management Plan for the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico effective 2017 and earlier. For current amendments and recent rulemaking, see the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Homepage or…
Issued
12/31/2017