NMFS Announces Exempted Fishing Permit Application for Snapper and Grouper Fishery in South Atlantic States

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 collect and retain limited numbers of snapper and grouper specimens in South Atlantic Federal waters, with the goal of studying catch and discard mortality in the region's commercial hook-and-line fishery.