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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BA02 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Interim Rule To Set the 2010 Commercial Gag Quota, Set the Recreational Harvest, and Reduce or Rescind the Use of Multi-Use Individual Fishing Quota Allocation 
Abstract: On August 11, 2009, the Regional Administrator for the Southeast Regional Office notified the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) of his determination that the Gulf of Mexico gag stock was both overfished and undergoing overfishing, based on the results of the 2009 update stock assessment. Therefore, the stock needs to be rebuilt and overfishing ended. The Council is currently developing Amendment 32 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico to address stock rebuilding and ending overfishing; however, management measures proposed in this amendment will not be ready for implementation prior to January 1, 2011. Therefore, temporary measures to reduce or end overfishing of gag are needed. The Council requested the rule reduce the gag quota to a level consistent with the goals and objectives of the Council's reef fish management strategy, temporarily rescind the use of multi-use individual fishing quota allocation so it cannot be used to harvest gag, and temporarily halt the recreational harvest of gag until recreational fishing management measures being developed in Amendment 32 can be implemented to allow harvest at the appropriate levels. 
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 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/18/2010  75 FR 63786   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/02/2010    
Final Action  12/01/2010  75 FR 74650   
Final Rule Extension  06/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: State 
Small Entities Affected: No  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