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Modifications to Other Shallow Water Grouper Complex Management Measures

This action would reduce catch limits for the Other SWG complex (scamp, yellowmouth grouper, black grouper, yellowfin grouper) in the Gulf and establish a fixed closed season for the recreational sector constrain SWG harvest.
Final Rule,
Gulf of America
Effective
01/01/2027

Modification to the Recreational For-hire Red Snapper Fishing Season

This rule considers updating the recreational federal for-hire (charter and headboat) Gulf red snapper regulations to change the season opening date from June 1 to the Friday before Memorial Day federal holiday.
Information Gathering,
Gulf of America
Issued
07/13/2026

Abbreviated Framework Amendment 5: Catch Levels for Blueline Tilefish

Abbreviated Framework Amendment 5; blueline tilefish annual catch limits
Proposed Rule,
South Atlantic
Comments Close
08/12/2026

Amendment 4 to the Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan: Reclassification of the Rainbow Runner as a Pelagic Fish

Amendment 4 to the Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan: Reclassification of the Rainbow Runner as a Pelagic Fish
Proposed Rule,
Caribbean
Comments Close
08/07/2026

Amendment 62: Gulf Red Grouper Management Measures

Amendment 62 would revise the red grouper OFL, ABC, sector allocations, total and sector ACLs and ACTs. In addition, it would eliminate the shallow-water grouper February-March recreational closure in federal waters seaward of the 20-fathom boundary.
Proposed Rule,
Gulf of America
Comments Close
08/06/2026

Amendment 55: Establish a new Scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper complex, with rebuilding plan, catch levels, and management measures; and modify catch levels for the Other South Atlantic Shallow Water Grouper complex.

Amendment 55 to the South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan
Final Rule,
South Atlantic
Effective
07/06/2026

Red Grouper Quota Holdback in Anticipation of Amendment 63 Implementation

This rule proposes to provide the NMFS Regional Administrator the authority to withhold a percentage of the 2027 commercial quota of red grouper equivalent to the portion of the commercial quota proposed for the quota pool in Amendment 63.
Information Gathering,
Gulf of America
Issued
06/23/2026

Comprehensive Commercial Electronic Logbook Amendment

Commercial Electronic Logbook Amendment includes: Amendment 54 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Amendment 4 to the FMP for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic; Amendment 35 to the FMP for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf and Atlantic; and Amendment 57 to the FMP for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf
Proposed Rule,
Gulf of America
Gulf of Mexico
South Atlantic
Published
05/26/2026

Amendment 58B: Modifications to Deep-water Grouper Management Measures

For the Deep-water Grouper (DWG) complex, this amendment would revise status determination criteria, revise catch limits, set a recreational ACL, revise sector allocations, and establish recreational accountability measures .
Proposed Rule,
Gulf of America
Published
05/06/2026

Coral Amendment 11/Shrimp Amendment 12: Establish a Shrimp Fishery Access Area

Coral Amendment 11/Shrimp Amendment 12: Establish a Shrimp Fishery Access Area
Information Gathering,
South Atlantic
Issued
04/28/2026