Shrimp Amendment 7
Amendment Summary
Addressed rock shrimp limited access endorsements, required verification of a Vessel Monitoring System, and required provision of economic data by federal shrimp permit holders.
Amendment documents
Implemented Regulations
- Rename the commercial vessel permit and the limited access endorsement.
- Remove the requirement for a minimum level of landings for the renewal of a limited access endorsement.
- Allow the reissue of a limited access endorsement that had been terminated because of failure to meet that minimum level.
- Allow the reissue of an endorsement that had been terminated because of failure to renew it in a timely manner; and Require the submission of economic data by participants in the fishery.
- Final approval
- Implementation
- Pre-scoping
- Public hearing
- Rule making
- Scoping
- Secretarial review