# Spiny Lobster Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Amendment 11
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2012-07-27 · Effective 2012-08-27 · 77 FR 44168
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-18303
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Region:** south atlantic
- **Species:** lobster
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 44168
- **Publication date:** 2012-07-27
- **Effective date:** 2012-08-27
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 110908576-2240-02
## Abstract

NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Spiny Lobster Fishery in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils (Councils). This final rule limits spiny lobster trap fishing in certain areas in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the Florida Keys to protect threatened species of corals and addresses the requirements of a 2009 Endangered Species Act (ESA) biological opinion on the spiny lobster fishery.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/07/27/2012-18303/spiny-lobster-fishery-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-and-south-atlantic-amendment-11)
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