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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is implementing this action pursuant to the rulemaking authority(s) under Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 303(c) /304(b) (Standard rulemaking/Regulations Deemed Necessary by Council). The Framework Action and the proposed rule would revise the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) greater amberjack recreational fixed closed season. The rule would also establish a commercial trip limit. The need for this Framework Action is to maintain recreational and commercial access to the Gulf greater amberjack component of the reef fish fishery given the substantial decreases to the annual catch limits and annual catch targets implemented through the final rule for Amendment 54 to the Fishery Management Plan for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico, which revised the Gulf greater amberjack rebuilding plan.