NMFS Proposes Rule to Increase Red Snapper Quotas in Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a proposed rule to increase commercial and recreational quotas for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery for the 2011 fishing year, provided that the total allowable catch was not exceeded in the 2010 fishing year, in an effort to achieve optimum yield and improve the functioning of individual fishing quota programs.