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Framework Action: Greater Amberjack Commercial Trip Limits

This framework and rule would reduce the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) greater amberjack commercial trip limit from 1,500 lbs gutted weight (gw) to 1,000 lbs gw with a step-down to 250 lbs gw when 75 percent of the quota has been landed.  The need for this action is to extend the Gulf greater amberjack commercial fishing season by constraining the harvest rate while continuing to prevent overfishing and rebuild the stock.  The Framework Action was approved by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council at its June 2019 meeting.    
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Effective
05/14/2020

Regulatory Amendment 26: Vision Blueprint Recreational Measures

Vision Blueprint Regulatory Amendment 26 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Regulatory Amendment 26) addresses specific action items in the 2016-2020 Vision Blueprint for the Recreational Sec
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Effective
03/30/2020

Modifications to Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group Cobia Size and Possession Limits

This framework action proposes to implement the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s recent recommendation to increase therecreational and commercial minimum size limit for Gulf migratory group cobia from 32 inches to 36 inches in Gulf w
Effective
03/25/2020

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.
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Effective
03/09/2020

Regulatory Amendment 30: Red Grouper Rebuilding Plan

Regulatory Amendment 30 (Regulatory Amendment 30) to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper Grouper FMP) would revise the rebuilding schedule for red grouper based on the most recent stock assessm
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Effective
03/06/2020

Regulatory Amendment 27: Vision Blueprint Commercial Measures

Vision Blueprint Commercial Regulatory Amendment 27 (Regulatory Amendment 27) to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper Grouper FMP) addresses specific action items in the 2016-2020 Vision Bl
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Effective
02/26/2020

Amendment 50A-F: State Management Program for Recreational Red Snapper

NOAA Fisheries, in collaboration with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council), is developing a State Management Program Amendment for Recreational Red Snapper to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
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Effective
02/06/2020

Amendment 42: Modifications to Sea Turtle Release Gear and Framework Procedure for the Snapper Grouper Fishery

Amendment 42: Modifications to Sea Turtle Release Gear and Framework Procedure for the Snapper Grouper Fishery
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Effective
01/08/2020

2019 Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish In-Season Actions

This is a list of the in-season actions related to the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan, such as fishery closures, that occurred in the 2019 calendar year.
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Issued
12/31/2019

Emergency Rule: King Mackerel Trip Limits

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council requested a temporary rule for emergency action to increase the Season 2 (October 1- end of February) commercial trip limits for king mackerel in the southern zone from 50 fish to 75 fish for the 2019 fishing
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Effective
10/01/2019