NMFS Issues Final Rule to Implement Coral Reef Management Plan for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to restrict the taking of coral reef resources in the exclusive economic zone around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in accordance with the approved Fishery Management Plan for Corals and Reef Associated Plants and Invertebrates of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.