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Following a 2015 NMFS determination of the lack of adequate progress in rebuilding the Gulf gray triggerfish stock, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council had two years under the Magnuson Stevens Act to develop actions to rebuild the affected stock. The Council has now proposed to amend the Fishery Management Plan to focus on the stock's rebuilding. This proposed action would implement that amendment. The proposed action would establish a 9-year rebuilding time period; retain the current gray triggerfish annual catch limits and annual catch targets for the recreational and commercial sectors; modify the recreational fixed closed season; reduce the recreational bag limit; increase the recreational size limit; and modify the commercial trip limit.