Amendments Under Development

Includes actions to end overfishing of Gulf cobia and update the Coastal Migratory Pelagics framework procedures.

Revises sector allocations for Gulf migratory group king mackerel.

Updates catch levels for Atlantic migratory group king mackerel and revises management measures for Atlantic migratory group king mackerel and Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel.

Included in the Comprehensive Acceptable Biological Catch Control Rule Amendment. Modifies the Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rule to address scientific uncertainty, management risk, and rebuilding stocks. Specifies criteria and procedures for phase-in of ABC changes and carry-over of unused portions of annual catch limits.

Included in the Joint Commercial Electronic Logbook Reporting Amendment. Modifies reporting requirements for commercial logbooks in the snapper grouper, coastal migratory pelagics (mackerel and cobia) , and dolphin wahoo fisheries.

Establishes a Shrimp Fishery Access Area along the eastern boundary of the northern extension of the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern.

includes actions that would increase the applicable geographic range of the 20” FL minimum size limit for dolphin, modify bag and vessel limits for dolphin, and reduce or remove captain and crew bag limits of dolphin.

Adjusts yellowtail snapper catch levels.

Addresses private recreational reporting and permitting.

Modernizes the wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota program.

Adjusts greater amberjack catch levels and allocations.

Addresses red porgy catch levels, allocations, and rebuilding.

Adjusts snowy grouper catch levels, sector allocations, management measures, and accountability measures.

Golden tilefish allocations and blueline tilefish bag limit and accountability measures.

Addresses gag grouper rebuilding, catch levels, and allocations.

Considers consistent recreational accountability measures for snapper grouper species.

Addresses release mortality issues in the snapper grouper fishery and modifications to red snapper catch levels.