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RIN: 0648-BG12

Publication ID: Fall 2016

Title: ●Framework Action to Adjust the Red Grouper Allowable Harvest in the Gulf of Mexico
Abstract: This Framework Action would adjust the red grouper allowable harvest in the Gulf of Mexico, consistent with the results of a 2015 stock assessment. The commercial annual catch limit and annual catch target would be adjusted from 6.03 million pounds gutted weight and 5.72 million pounds gutted weight, to 8.19 million pounds gutted weight, and 7.78 million pounds gutted weight, respectively. The recreational annual catch limit and annual catch target would be adjusted from 1.9 million pounds gutted weight and 1.73 million pounds gutted weight, to 2.58 million pounds gutted weight, and 2.37 million pounds gutted weight, respectively. These increases in the annual catch limits and annual catch targets will provide more quota to the commercial fisherman and are expected to extend the recreational fishing season, which has been closed in-season in recent years, through the end of the year.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/26/2016	81 FR 48728
NPRM Comment Period End	08/25/2016
Final Action	11/00/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Roy E. Crabtree Regional Administrator, Southeast Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone:727 824-5305 Fax:727 824-5308 Email: roy.crabtree@noaa.gov