Snapper Grouper Amendment 34

Proposed actions: The full name of this amendment is the Generic Accountability Measures and Dolphin Allocation Amendment. The amendment considers changes in accountability measures for snapper grouper species to determine when ACL overages need to be paid back and to bring consistency to accountability measures.

Scoping was conducted via webinar on February 3^th, 2014 and the Council reviewed the amendment at their March 2014 meeting. The Council approved the Purpose and Need and revised the range of alternatives. The Council also clarified that payback of an ACL overage would apply only to the amount above the total ACL, not the sector ACL.

The amendment was approved for public hearings by the Council at their June 2014 meeting and public hearings were held in August 2014. Council approved the amendment for Secretarial Review in December 2014.

Amendment
Notice of Availability
Proposed Rule
Final Rule

SAFMC Process	Pre-Scoping	Scoping	Public Hearing	Final Approval
SAFMC Process	December 2013	February 3, 2014 via webinar	Aug 2014	December 2014
NMFS Process	Secretarial Review	Rule Making	Implementation
NMFS Process	February 26, 2015	Proposed Rule - July 15, 2015 Final Rule -

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Conserving and managing America's fisheries from three to 200 nautical miles off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

Snapper Grouper Amendment 34