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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AY56 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 32 
Abstract: The main purpose of this amendment is to provide potential alternatives to end overfishing of gag, create a rebuilding plan for the gag stock that will restore the stock to its maximum sustainable yield level, while minimizing to the extent practicable discards and discard mortality. The amendment also examines adjustments to red grouper annual catch limits and annual catch targets and determines whether management changes in the red grouper fishery are needed. The accountability measures adopted in Amendment 30B will also be reviewed for potential revisions. In addition to the typical management tools used to rebuild an overfished stock, such as bag limits, size limits, and closed seasons, this amendment examines various ways to meet the Council's goals including time and area closures, consideration of gear types in the commercial fishery, and in the recreational fishery a keep the first fish regardless of size and a fish tag program. Other data collection and accountability measures that will be explored in this document include, recreational sector separation of the for-hire and private fishery, vessel monitoring system, telephone or web based reporting system, electronic logbooks, as well as grouper endorsements pending separation in the for-hire recreational sector. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS  02/02/2010  75 FR 5282   
NPRM  12/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
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