Fisheries of Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic - Snapper-Grouper Fishery Off Southern Atlantic States - Amendment 17b (Us National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (Noaa) (2018 Edition)

Book excerpt: The Law Library presents the complete text of the Fisheries of Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic - Snapper-Grouper Fishery off Southern Atlantic States - Amendment 17B (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 17B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). This final rule establishes annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) for eight snapper-grouper species in the FMP that are undergoing overfishing, and for black grouper, which was recently assessed and determined to not be undergoing overfishing or overfished; modifies management measures to limit total mortality of those species to the ACL; and adds ACLs, annual catch targets (ACTs), and AMs to the list of management measures that may be amended via the framework process. The intent of this final rule is to address overfishing of eight snapper-grouper species while maintaining catch levels consistent with achieving optimum yield. This ebook contains: - The complete text of the Fisheries of Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic - Snapper-Grouper Fishery off Southern Atlantic States - Amendment 17B (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regulation) (NOAA) (2018 Edition) - A dynamic table of content linking to each section - A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure