Amendment 36: Actions to Implement Special Management Zones in the South Atlantic

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• Alternative Title:
  Amendment 36 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region Actions to Implement Special Management Zones in the South Atlantic Including an Environmental Assessment
• Personal Author:
  Cheuvront, Brian ; Pugliese, Roger ; MacLauchlin, Kari ; Errigo, Mike ; Brouwer, Myra ; Collier, Chip ; DeVictor, Rick ; Records, David ; Jepson, Michael
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
• Description:
  The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council intends to protect spawning fish and their habitat. Certain habitat areas are very important for a number of species as sites where the fish move/aggregate to spawn. Protecting these areas, and the associated habitat, would allow the species to produce more eggs and larvae, and may increase the subsequent recruitment of juvenile fish. Spawning areas were selected for consideration based on suggestions by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Marine Protected Area Expert Working Group (SAFMC 2012d, 2013i) and extensive public input from fishermen and other regional experts. Protect important spawning habitat for snapper grouper species that can be designated for protection to enhance spawning. Reduce bycatch and bycatch mortality of snapper grouper species, including speckled hind and warsaw grouper. Prevent overfishing and achieve optimum yield (National Standard 1); reduce bycatch and bycatch mortality of economically and ecologically important snapper grouper species, including speckled hind and warsaw grouper, to the extent practicable (NS 9); and achieve conservation goals while minimizing to the extent practicable negative social and economic effects to snapper grouper fishermen and fishing communities (NS 8).
• Keywords:
  Bycatches (Fisheries) Eggs Epinephelus Itajara Externalities Fishers Fishery Management Plan Fishes Fishes—Conservation Fishes—Mortality Grouper Fisheries Habitat Larvae Lutjanidae Overfishing Social Ecology Spawning Epinephelus Itajara Fishery Management Plan Grouper Fisheries Social Ecology

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/r92t-1t70
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Funding:
  Award Number FNA15NMF4410010
• Place as Subject:
  South Atlantic Ocean
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:35e4ba1c2c1cbc993d6d2f3624fd9c7d38046fa24068d7b44b37e854554ba730
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/21145/noaa_21145_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 6.35 MB ]