0648-BN66 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Amendment 48 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes regulations to modernize the wreckfish individual transferable quota (ITQ) program. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved the amendment for review by the Secretary of Commerce at their June 2024 meeting. Actions in Amendment 48 would establish an electronic reporting system, trip and landing notification, and cost recovery for the ITQ program. In addition, Amendment 48 would revise sector allocations, commercial vessel permit requirements, the fishing year, participation and eligibility requirements for the ITQ program, and monitoring requirements including pre-landing notification and landing site and offloading time requirements. The purpose of this amendment is to modernize the wreckfish ITQ program to provide more flexibility for fishers, increase profitability in the wreckfish ITQ program, revise management measures to improve program monitoring and enforcement and data collection and management, and implement a cost recovery program as mandated by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 50 CFR 622 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No NPRM 09/00/2025 No Businesses None No No No No Andrew Strelcheck J. Regional Administrator, Southeast Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 727 824-5305 andy.strelcheck@noaa.gov 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg FL 33701