# Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Red Snapper Management Measures
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2011-04-28 · Effective 2011-05-31 · 76 FR 23728
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-10326
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** south atlantic
- **Species:** grouper
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 23728
- **Publication date:** 2011-04-28
- **Effective date:** 2011-05-31
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 101124579-1236-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues this final rule to implement a regulatory amendment (Regulatory Amendment 10) to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP), as prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council). This final rule removes the snapper-grouper area closure implemented through Amendment 17A to the FMP. The intended effect of this final rule is to minimize socio-economic impacts to snapper-grouper fishermen, without subjecting the red snapper resource to overfishing.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/04/28/2011-10326/fisheries-of-the-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-and-south-atlantic-snapper-grouper-fishery-off-the)
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