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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AL57 Publication ID: Fall 1998 
Title: ●Amendment 16B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 
Abstract: Reef fish amendment 16B: (1) establishes a "slot limit" of 14 inches (minimum) and 22 inches (maximum), fork length, for commercial and recreational harvest of lesser amberjack and banded rudderfish; (2) removes lesser amberjack and banded rudderfish from the 20-fish aggregate bag limit and establishes a 5-fish aggregate bag limit for those species; (3) removes queen triggerfish from the FMP to provide for management by Florida; (4) removes the distinction in the FMP between reef fish species in the management unit and those in the fishery but not in the management unit (NOTE: The Council does not intend to include sand perch or dwarf sand perch in the 20-fish aggregate bag limit); (5) implements minimum size limits on cubera snapper (12 inches, total length (TL)), dog snapper (12 inches, TL), mahogany snapper (12 inches, TL), schoolmaster (12 inches, TL), mutton snapper (16 inches, TL), scamp (20 inches, TL), gray triggerfish (12 inches, TL), and hogfish (12 inches, fork length); (6) removes hogfish from the 20-fish aggregate bag limit and establishes a 5-fish bag limit for that species; and (7) sets a recreational bag limit of 1 speckled hind and 1 warsar grouper per vessel (NOTE: The Council intended that sale of these species by the recreational sector be prohibited; the FMP and regulations already prohibit sale of reef fish subject to bag limit.) 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final regulations to be published within 30 days of NPRM comment period end. NPRM 15 days and final action 110 days after receipt from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council).   
NPRM  Statutory  Final regulations to be published within 30 days of NPRM comment period end.   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/00/1998    
NPRM Comment Period End  11/00/1998    
Final Action  12/00/1998    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Andrew J. Kemmerer Ph.D.
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, NMFS
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
Phone:301 713-2325
Fax:301 713-1043
Email: andy.kemmerer@noaa.gov