Spiny Lobster Amendment 11
Amendment Summary
Established measures to help protect threatened and endangered species and created 60 new closed areas.
Amendment documents
Implemented Regulations
- Created new closed areas in the EEZ off the Florida Keys with identified Staghorn and Elkhorn corals and prohibit spiny lobster trapping within the identified areas.
- Final approval
- Implementation
- Pre-scoping
- Public hearing
- Rule making
- Scoping
- Secretarial review