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Alternative Title:
Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region;South Atlantic snapper grouper, Amendment 27;
Personal Author:
Clemens, Anik ; Crabtree, Roy E. ; Brouwer, Myra ; Package, Christina ; Lamberte, Tony ; ... More +
Clemens, Anik ; Crabtree, Roy E. ; Brouwer, Myra ; Package, Christina ; Lamberte, Tony ; Michie, Kate ; McGovern, Jack ; Perruso, Lawrence A. ; Cheuvront, Brian ; MacLauchlin, Kari ; Brame, Adam ; Farmer, Nicholas ; Baertlein, Neil ; Errigo, Mike ; Waugh, Gregg Less -
Corporate Authors:
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region. ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) ; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Southeast Region. ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration, Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
Description:
"Amendment 27 is intended to (1) extend management responsibility of Nassau grouper to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council in Gulf of Mexico waters: (2) increase the number of allowable crew members on dual-permitted snapper-grouper vessels (vessels holding a South Atlantic Charter/Headboat Permit for Snapper-Grouper and a South Atlantic Unlimited Snapper-Grouper Permit or a 225-Pound Trip Limit Snapper-Grouper Permit) from three to four: (3) remove the prohibition on retention of bag limit quantities of several snapper-grouper species by captain and crew of federally-permitted for-hire vessels; (4) modify the snapper-grouper framework procedure to allow acceptable biological catch levels, annual catch limits, and annual catch targets to be adjusted via an accelerated framework process; and (5) remove blue runner from the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region"--Cover letter summary.
Keywords:
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Bycatches (Fisheries) Catch Effort Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Fisheries Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Management Nassau Grouper
Document Type:
Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:
United States ; Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Mexico, Gulf of
United States ; Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Mexico, Gulf of Less -
Rights Information:
Public Domain
Compliance:
Submitted
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:201082d4a015a96d61a518909882cd07c3189acaacd63032dc8fe71cb41794f3
Download URL:
https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/4855/noaa_4855_DS1.pdf
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• 	Document online in PDF (2.5 MB)	htm
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