NMFS Announces Exempted Fishing Permit Application for Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp Fisheries

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 study catch and bycatch in the shrimp fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic States, with the goal of characterizing these fisheries and potentially allowing limited retention of prohibited species.