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.
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
SAFMC, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., is responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the federal 200-mile limit of the Atlantic off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and east Florida to Key West.
The role of the council is to develop fishery management plans needed to manage fishery resources within federal waters. The area encompassing federal waters, sometimes referred to as the Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ, extends offshore from state waters (three miles in the South Atlantic) to 200 nautical miles.
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Fishery Management
Plans/Amendments
Coastal Migratory Pelagics, Coral, Dolphin/Wahoo, Ecosystem-Based Amendments, Generic Amendments, Golden Crab, Habitat, Sargassum, Shrimp, Snapper Grouper, Spiny Lobster
Regulations
Regulations by Species, Regulation Fact Sheets/Other Resources, Fishing Season Calendar & Closures
Meetings
Calendar, Council Meetings, Public Hearings & Scoping Meetings, Advisory Panel Meetings, SSC/SEP Meetings, Other Meetings
News
& Announcements
Council News Releases, Council Newsletters, Other Fishery News, Regulatory Notices
Managed
Areas
Deepwater Marine Protected Areas, Spawning Special Management Zones, Special Management Zones, Coral HAPCs (Deepwater Coral, Oculina Bank, Oculina Experimental Closed Area)
Science &
Statistics
SEDAR Stock Assessment Program, Scientific & Statistical Committee & Socio-Economic Panel, Citizen Science Program
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Know anyone who catches scamp grouper?
This new citizen science pilot project is designed to help fill data gaps about released scamp grouper ahead of the upcoming stock assessment for the species.
Learn more here: safmc.net/cit-sci/scamp-release/
08/23/19 ·
The Dolphin Wahoo Advisory Panel meets today via webinar beginning at 8:30 AM to Noon. Listen in to the discussion by visiting the following link: register.gotowebinar.com/register/4263889999647313675
08/22/19 ·
The South Carolina Wildlife Federation is still handing out free SeaQualizer descending devices to folks who take this tutorial on best fishing practices for releasing deep water snapper and grouper species.
Check it out: safmc.net/bestpracticestutorial/story_html5.html
Photo courtesy of Adrian Gray
08/21/19 ·
Best fishing practices, red snapper, private recreational reporting, ICAST, citizen science & more! Visit the following link to see the Council's latest electronic newsletter: conta.cc/31KTPnC
08/20/19 ·
The commercial harvest of Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel northern zone in federal waters will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 24, 2019, and will re-open on March 1, 2020. The northern zone for Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel includes federal waters from North Carolina through New York. Get more details by visiting the link below.
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08/19/19 ·
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