Amendment 27 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

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

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Amendment 27 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

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2013
By Clemens, Anik ; Crabtree, Roy E. ; Brouwer, Myra ; ...

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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 ; Michie, Kate ; McGovern, Jack ; Perruso, Lawrence A. ; Cheuvront, Brian ; MacLauchlin, Kari ; Brame, Adam ; Farmer, Nicholas ; Baertlein, Neil ; Errigo, Mike ; Waugh, Gregg
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,
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:

Bycatches (Fisheries) Catch Effort Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Fisheries Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Management Nassau Grouper Catch Effort Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Environmental Policy Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Nassau Grouper
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pdf
Document Type:

Environmental Assessment
Place as Subject:

United States ; Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) ; Mexico, Gulf of
Rights Information:

Public Domain
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Submitted
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