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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AY11 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Amendment 17B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region  
Abstract: Revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) in 2006 require that by 2010, Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for fisheries determined by the Secretary to be subject to overfishing establish a mechanism for specifying Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) at a level that prevents overfishing and does not exceed the recommendations of the respective Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee or other established peer review processes. These FMPs are also required to establish within this timeframe measures to ensure accountability. To comply with this Magnuson-Stevens Act requirement Amendment 17B would: (1) Establish ACLs and accountability measures for snowy grouper, speckled hind, Warsaw grouper, black grouper, red grouper, golden tilefish, black sea bass, gag, and vermilion snapper; (2) implement management measures to ensure harvest of these snapper-grouper species does not exceed the ACLs; (3) specify allocations for golden tilefish; and (4) modify the current snapper-grouper framework procedure to include ACLs, AMs, and annual catch targets. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  ACLs must be implemented during 2010.   12/31/2010 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Availability  09/22/2010  75 FR 57734   
NPRM  10/12/2010  75 FR 62488   
Notice of Availability Comment Period End  11/22/2010    
NPRM Comment Period End  11/26/2010    
Final Rule  12/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: sero.nmfs.noaa.gov  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Roy E. Crabtree
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
263 13th Avenue South,
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone:727 824-5305
Fax:727 824-5308
Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov