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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is finalizing regulations to implement Amendment 52.  The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved Amendment 52 for review by the Secretary of Commerce at their December 2022 meeting.  Amendment 52 and the proposed rule will increase the catch levels (acceptable biological catch and annual catch limits), modify sector allocations, and revise management measures for golden tilefish based on the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review 66 (2021) stock assessment. Results from the assessment indicated that the stock is not overfished and not undergoing overfishing. The rule will change the commercial longline fishing season and recreational accountability measures for golden tilefish. Additionally, the rule will reduce the recreational blueline tilefish bag limit from three fish per person per day to two fish per person per day; prohibit the retention of blueline tilefish by the captain and crew of for-hire vessels; and modify the recreational accountability measures for blueline tilefish.