Southeast Fisheries Center (U.S.), Galveston Laboratory,

"The Southeast Fisheries Center (SEFC) provides detailed reports that evaluate the Texas Closure manage- ment option in either December or january to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. This year's reports, presented in January 1989 on the 1988 Closure, are the eighth time that the Southeast Fisheries Center has evaluated the Texas Closure management measure. This summary report provides findings from two more detailed reports"--Introduction.

Technical Memorandum