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Gulf Shrimp Fishery Management Plan

Gulf of America

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See current rules that are open for comment here.

To reach Sustainable Fisheries staff, please call 727-824-5305.

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*Executive Order 14172, “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” (Jan. 20, 2025), directs that the Gulf of Mexico be renamed the Gulf of America. On August 7, 2025, NOAA Fisheries and the National Ocean Service amended regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations to reflect the renaming. The name change did not result in any changes to, and had no effect on the applicability or enforceability of, any existing regulations. This website continues to use “Gulf of Mexico” when quoting statutes or previously published materials.

Species Managed

  • Royal Red Shrimp

Actions

Under Development Implemented Actions

Amendment 19: Shrimp Permit Moratorium

This action addresses the expiration of the federal shrimp permit moratorium in the Gulf of America (Gulf), and would extend the moratorium for 10 years, to expire on October 26, 2036, for commercial shrimp vessels in the Gulf.
Information Gathering,
Gulf of America
Issued
02/24/2026

Framework Action under the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery in the Gulf, U.S. Waters; Shrimp Vessel Position Data Collection

The framework action would implement a cellular electronic logbook program (cELB) requirement for the Gulf shrimp fishery that provides archived position data to NMFS when on a shrimp fishing trip.
Information Gathering,
Gulf of America
Issued
02/23/2026

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.
Notice,
Gulf of Mexico
Issued
12/31/2017

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.
Final Rule,
Gulf of Mexico
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. 
Temporary Rule
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 i
Final Rule,
Gulf of Mexico
Effective
01/22/2018

Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on 08/07/2025