26. Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure of
RULES: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries—; Deep-water grouper,
NMFS closes the commercial fishery for deep-water grouper
(misty grouper, snowy grouper, yellowedge grouper, warsaw grouper, and
speckled hind) in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of
Mexico. NMFS has determined that the deepwater grouper quota for the
commercial fishery will have been reached by July 15, 2004. This
closure is