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The framework action and final rule modify the calibration ratios used to compare the recreational red snapper landings estimates derived from the state surveys used by Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi to the estimates derived from the Federal Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Coastal Household Telephone Survey (CHTS), which were used in the most recent red snapper stock assessment. These calibration ratios are used to convert the Federal red snapper private angling catch limit for each of the states into state specific catch limits that are directly comparable to the estimates produced by each state’s survey. Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi requested that the Council and NMFS consider updating their calibration ratios based on more recent data.