NMFS Announces Exempted Fishing Permit Application for Snapper and Grouper in South Atlantic Waters

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received an application from the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, Inc. for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) to collect undersized and out-of-season snapper and grouper in South Atlantic Federal waters, with the goal of studying catch and discard mortality in the region's commercial hook and line snapper-grouper fishery.