RULES: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries—; Gulf of Mexico reef fish,
Published: 2006-12-06
NMFS delays the December 7, 2006, effective date of two
sections of a final rule, published August 9, 2006, until March 7,
2007. The amendments to those sections will require owners/operators of
vessels with Gulf reef fish commercial vessel permits to install a
NMFSapproved vessel monitoring system (VMS) and will make installation
of VMS a
RULES: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries—; Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic coastal migratory pelagic resources,
Published: 2006-02-28
NMFS reduces the trip limit in the commercial hook-and-line
fishery for king mackerel in the southern Florida west coast subzone to
500 lb (227 kg) of king mackerel per day in or from the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect
the Gulf king mackerel resource.
PROPOSED RULES: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries—; Snapper-grouper,
Published: 2006-06-09
NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 13C to
the Fishery Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the
South Atlantic Region (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). Amendment 13C proposes
management measures to end overfishing of snowy grouper, golden
tilefish, vermilion
PROPOSED RULES: Caribbean, Gulf, and South Atlantic fisheries—; Gulf red snapper,
Published: 2006-12-14
This proposed rule would implement interim measures to reduce
overfishing of Gulf red snapper. This proposed rule would reduce the
commercial and recreational quotas for red snapper, reduce the
commercial minimum size limit for red snapper, reduce the recreational
bag limit for Gulf red snapper, prohibit the retention of red snapper
under the bag
