FB18-032 |
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Request for Comments: Limited Opening of Recreational and Commercial Red Snapper Fishery in South Atlantic Federal Waters
KEY MESSAGE:
NOAA Fisheries requests comments on a proposed rule for Amendment 43 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 43). The proposed actions would specify recreational and commercial annual catch limits for red snapper beginning in 2018.
- Red snapper recreational and commercial seasons would open in South Atlantic federal waters for limited harvest beginning in 2018.
- The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved Amendment 43 after recent scientific information indicated an increase in the red snapper population since 2014.
- NOAA Fisheries determined the proposed limited harvest beginning in 2018 is neither expected to result in overfishing, nor prevent continued rebuilding of the population.
*The comment period on the proposed rule begins on May 17, 2018, and comments are due by June 18, 2018.*
Source: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishery_bulletins/2018/032/index.html