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DOC/NOAA | RIN: 0648-BI61 | Publication ID: Spring 2020 |
Title: Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reef in the Gulf of Mexico U.S. Waters and an Abbreviated Framework Action Identifying Deployment of Fishing Gear | |
Abstract:
This rulemaking action would identify and protect specific areas of coral essential fish habitat in the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf). This rulemaking would implement a recommendation of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council to establish 21 new coral habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC) in the Gulf--totaling about 372 nautical miles squared or roughly .2 percent of Gulf waters. In 13 of these areas--where waters are extremely deep and fishing activity is sparse--the deployment of specified bottom tending fishing gear would be prohibited. There would be no prohibition on the deployment of fishing gear in the other eight areas. The action would also add a prohibition on the deployment of dredge fishing gear in 3 of the existing Gulf HAPCs in which other bottom tending gear is prohibited. This would be consistent with the prohibition proposed for the 13 new HAPCs with gear prohibitions as well as the current regulatory prohibitions recommended by the Council and implemented by NMFS in four existing HAPCs. |
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Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: Previously 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:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: No | 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 |