0648-BN84 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Framework Action under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf: Modifications to Other Shallow-Water Grouper (SWG) Complex Management Measures

This framework action would reduce catch limits for the Other SWG complex (scamp, yellowmouth grouper, black grouper, and yellowfin grouper) in the Gulf and establish a fixed closed season for the recreational sector to help constrain harvest to the revised catch limit. The Gulf Council is developing this framework action based on the most recent assessment of scamp and yellowmouth grouper (Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review 68), which indicates that harvest must be reduced. The specification of catch limits and accountability measures is consistent with the authority in section 303(a)(15) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act; requiring annual catch limits at such a level that overfishing does not occur and measures to ensure accountability). The National Marine Fisheries Service would issue this proposed rule consistent with the authority in Magnuson-Stevens Act section 304(b).

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 50 CFR 622 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No NPRM 10/00/2025 Undetermined 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