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This amendment would revise requirements to participate in the red snapper and grouper-tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) programs. The Gulf Council reviewed the original goals and objectives of the Gulf IFQ programs, the catch share review outcomes, and the goals and objectives of limited access privilege programs as listed in section 303A(c)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). Following its discussions and reviews, the Gulf Council approved the new IFQ goals and objectives for the subject IFQ programs and initiated several plan amendments to consider changes consistent with these goals and objectives. The need for this amendment is to promote participation by fishermen engaged in the harvest of reef fish species included in the IFQ programs and improve opportunities for new participants to enter the IFQ programs. The National Marine Fisheries Service would implement these changes consistent with the authority in Magnuson-Stevens Act section 304(b).