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RIN: 0648-AY10

Publication ID: Fall 2009

Title: ●Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region
Abstract: The most recent red snapper stock assessment, completed February 2008, determined the species was undergoing overfishing and was overfished. Biomass shows a sharp decline during the 1950s and 1960s, continued decline during the 1970s, and stable but low levels since 1980. The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) is required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) to implement rebuilding plans for overfished species. Therefore, Amendment 17A is being developed to establish a rebuilding plan and updated management reference points for red snapper in the South Atlantic. Additionally, revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act in 2006 require by 2010, Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) for fisheries determined by the Secretary to be subject to overfishing must establish a mechanism for specifying ACLs at a level that prevents overfishing and does not exceed the recommendations of the respective Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee or other established peer review processes. These FMPs are also required to establish within this timeframe measures to ensure accountability. To comply with this Magnuson-Stevens Act requirement, Amendment 17A would establish an ACL and accountability measures for red snapper, and implement management measures to ensure harvest does not exceed the ACL.
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

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	ACLs for overfished species must be in place in the year 2010	12/31/2010

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: sero.nmfs.noaa.gov
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Roy Crabtree Regional Administrator, Southeast Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, 263 Thirteenth Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone:727 570-5305 Fax:727 570-5583 Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov