NMFS Proposes Rule to Protect Red Hind Spawning Aggregations in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a proposed rule to implement a regulatory amendment that would protect red hind spawning aggregations in the Caribbean by closing fishing areas during the spawning season, in accordance with the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Fishery of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.