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Final Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
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2011
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Alternative Title:Including Final Environmental Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact Review, and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
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Description:Revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act in 2006 require that fishery management plans contain annual catch limits and accountability measures for all managed species to prevent overfishing. Annual catch limits must be set at levels that prevent overfishing and do not exceed the recommendations of the respective Councils’ Scientific and Statistical Committees for acceptable biological catch. Species in a fishery management plan not subject to overfishing should have annual catch limits and accountability measures effective in 2011. No species in the spiny lobster fishery management unit are known to be undergoing overfishing. Amendment 10 to the Fishery Management Plan for Spiny Lobster in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic contains the following actions by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council: Removing species from the fishery management plan (i.e., smoothtail spiny lobster, spotted spiny lobster, Spanish slipper lobster, and ridged slipper lobster); defining or modifying biological reference points (i.e., maximum sustainable yield, overfishing, and overfished thresholds); considering sector allocations; specifying an acceptable biological catch control rule; setting annual catch limits and annual catch targets; establishing accountability measures; updating the framework procedure and protocol for enhanced cooperative management; modifying or removing the allowance of undersized lobsters as bait in commercial traps; modifying or removing tailing permit regulations; and determining authority to remove derelict or abandoned spiny lobster traps from federal waters off Florida. This amendment also explored two additional actions pertaining to protected resources: one was limiting fishing areas to protect threatened staghorn and elkhorn corals (Acropora spp.) and the other was trap line marking requirements for the commercial sector. The Councils decided to take no action in this amendment, and will address them in a separate amendment to allow more time for stakeholder input.
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