# Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Commercial Trip Limits for Gulf of Mexico Grouper Fishery
> **Rule** · Emergency rule; request for comments. · Published 2005-02-17 · Effective 2005-03-03 · 70 FR 8037
## Document
- **Document number:** 05-3092
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** south atlantic
- **Species:** grouper
- **Federal Register citation:** 70 FR 8037
- **Publication date:** 2005-02-17
- **Effective date:** 2005-03-03
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 050209033-5033-01
## Abstract

NMFS issues this emergency rule to establish trip limits for the commercial shallow-water and deep-water grouper fisheries in the exclusive economic zone of the Gulf of Mexico. The intended effect of this emergency rule is to moderate the rate of harvest of the available quotas and, thereby, reduce the adverse social and economic effects of derby fishing, enable more effective quota monitoring, and reduce the probability of overfishing.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/02/17/05-3092/fisheries-of-the-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-and-south-atlantic-reef-fish-fishery-of-the-gulf-of-mexico)
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