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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AL57 Publication ID: Spring 1999 
Title: Amendment 16B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico 
Abstract: Amendment 16B would: (1) establish a "slot limit" of 14 inches (minimum) and 22 inches (maximum) fork length for the commercial and recreational harvest of lesser amberjack and banded rudderfish; (2) establish a 5-fish aggregate bag limit; (3) remove queen triggerfish from the FMP and thus allow more conservative management measures in Florida state waters to extend into the EEZ; (4) eliminate the distinction in the FMP between reef fish species in the management unit and those in the fishery but not in the management unit with the intent of excluding sand perch and dwarf sand perch from the 20-fish aggregate bag limit; (5) implement 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) establish a 5-fish bag limit for hogfish and exclude hogfish from the 20-fish aggregate reef fish bag limit; and (7) establish a recreational bag limit of 1 speckled hind and 1 warsaw grouper per vessel. Setting bag limits for speckled hind and warsaw grouper would prohibit the sale of these species by the recreational sector because the FMP and existing regulations prohibit sale of reef fish subject to bag limits. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously 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  04/00/1999    
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