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RIN: 0648-BI63

Publication ID: Spring 2019

Title: ●Reduce Gulf of Mexico Red Grouper Annual Catch Limits and Annual Catch Targets
Abstract: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) has requested that NMFS publish a rule under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to temporarily reduce the red grouper commercial and recreational Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) and associated Annual Catch Targets (ACTs). In October 2018, the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) reviewed the results of an interim analysis performed by the Southeast Fisheries Science Center and recommended that the Council reduce the red grouper commercial and recreational ACLs and ACTs, effective for the 2019 fishing year. In addition, there have been recent deceases in red grouper landings and public testimony at the October Council meeting expressed concern about the status of the red grouper stock. Therefore, the Council is developing a framework action to reduce the ACLs and ACTs. In the meantime, based on these recent unforeseen circumstances, and consistent with the Councils request, NMFS intends to implement a rule under MSA section 305(c) to establish lower red grouper ACLs and ACTs for 2019.
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
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 622
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/05/2019	84 FR 7864
NPRM Comment Period End	03/20/2019
Final Action	05/00/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
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