Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Amendment 58B

Zusammenfassung

The Gulf Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 58B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf (FMP) (Amendment 58B) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. If approved, Amendment 58 would, for the deep-water grouper (DWG) complex, revise the status determination criteria, sector allocations, and catch limits, set a recreational annual catch limit (ACL), and revise the recreational accountability measure (AM). The purpose of Amendment 58B is to update catch levels, management measures, and sector allocations for the DWG complex consistent with the best scientific information available.