South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Snapper Grouper Amendment 20A

Amendment Summary

Redistributed latent shares for the wreckfish individual transfer quota (ITQ) program.

Amendment documents

Implemented Regulations

  • Defined inactive shares as shares belonging to any ITQ shareholder who has not reported wreckfish landings between April 16, 2006 and January 14, 2011 and reverted inactive shares for redistribution among active shareholders.
  • Redistributed landings share based on total wreckfish landings from April 16, 2006 through  January 14, 2011.
  • Established a share cap as 49% of the total shares.
  • Established an appeals process: 5% of the shares for the fishing year 2012/2013 will be set aside to resolve appeals for a period of 90 days. The RA will determine the outcome of appeals based on NMFS logbooks. After the appeals process has been terminated any remaining shares will be redistributed to remaining ITQ shareholders.
  • Final approval
  • Implementation
  • Pre-scoping
  • Public hearing
  • Rule making
  • Scoping
  • Secretarial review
Species Affected