NMFS Issues Final Rule to Implement Amendment 27 for Snapper-Grouper Fishery in South Atlantic Region

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule to implement Amendment 27 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery in the South Atlantic Region, which extends management responsibility for Nassau grouper into the Gulf of Mexico and increases the number of allowable crew members on dual-permitted vessels.