NMFS Implements Amendment 42 to Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has finalized a rule to update the management measures for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region, allowing fishermen to use new devices to safely handle and release incidentally captured sea turtles, and streamlining the process for making changes to the release devices and handling procedures.