Final generic annual catch limits/accountability measures amendment for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's red drum, reef fish, shrimp, coral and coral reefs, fishery management plans

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• Personal Author:
  Crabtree, Roy E.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States, National Marine Fisheries Service, ; Southeast Region ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) ; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (U.S.) ; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration ; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region) ; CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) ; NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act)
• Description:
  "The purpose of the Generic Annual Catch Limits/Accountability Measures Amendment for the Gulf of Mexico is to implement measures expected to prevent overfishing and achieve optimum yield (OY) while minimizing to the extent practicable adverse social and economic effects. Long-term measures include the implementation of the following items: 1) changes to the reef fish fishery management unit, including the removal of some species and the development of species groups; 2) establish ABC and ACL/ACT control rules; 3) ACLs and annual catch targets (ACTs); 4) establish a framework procedure for modifying ACLs and ACTs, control rules, and management measures; 5)commercial and recreational percent allocation of black grouper; 5) accountability measures (AMs) if limits and targets are projected to be exceeded or have been exceeded; and 6) regulations necessary to ensure mortality is at or below the annual limits and targets. OY, the ultimate goal of any fishery management plan, is the portion of the fish stock that provides the greatest economic, social, and ecological benefit to the nation".
• Keywords:
  Coral Fisheries Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Overfishing Red Drum Fisheries Reef Fisheries Shrimp Fisheries Sustainable Fisheries Coral Fisheries Environmental Impact Analysis Environmental Impact Statements Fishery Management Fishery Policy Government Policy Red Drum Fisheries Reef Fisheries Shrimp Fisheries Sustainable Fisheries

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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/g2wj-z822
• Format:
  pdf
• Document Type:
  Environmental Assessment
• Place as Subject:
  United States ; Mexico, Gulf of
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:843df8e790da404c1650dab775591809e554d3e60b4f6c6f3ca3080099d207b9ab7b68e2496cdf1310675943015bc30b760ffba400a0a9df625b57925b8eb954
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/767/noaa_767_DS1.pdf
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