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Note: Snapper Grouper Recreational Regulations Summary updated 1/21/10(pdf)
New! Commercial fishery for Gulf group king mackerel in FL east coast subzone to close, effective February 4, 2010. Read Fishery Bulletin.
Note! NOAA announces Interim Rule regulations to reduce overfishing of red snapper. Prohibition on recreational and commercial harvest of red snapper effective January 4, 2010 until June 2, 2010. Read Fishery Bulletin and NOAA announcement for details Read Federal Register Notice, published 12/4/09.
Reminder! Seasonal prohibition on harvest of shallow water snapper-grouper species effective January 1, 2010. Read Fishery Bulletin.
Note! Commercial black sea bass fishery closed, effective December 20, 2009. NOAA Fisheries Service has determined commercial quota to be met. Read Fishery Bulletin.
Note: Final Rule implementing Snapper Grouper Amendment 15B published. Prohibits sale of snapper grouper harvested or possessed under bag limits and includes other actions. Read Fishery Bulletin reminder for more information (posted 11/17/09).
Reminder: Recreational fishery for vermilion snapper closed November 1, 2009 through March 2010. Read more.
Briefing Book materials for the December 6-11, 2009 Council meeting in Atlantic Beach, NC. Include the latest versions of Snapper Grouper Amendments 17A (red snapper), 17B and 18. Read more.
Fall 2009 Issue of the South Atlantic Update Newsletter
Note: Council Chairman Duane Harris' testimony before Congress regarding the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act
Note: Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1 FEIS now available (Deepwater coral protection). |