Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Regulatory Amendment 27; Correction
fishery-mgmt · south atlantic · grouper · Published 2020-11-19 · Effective 2020-11-19 · 85 FR 73642
Document
Document number
2020-25498
Federal Register citation
85 FR 73642
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule; correcting amendment.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
south atlantic
Species
grouper
Publication date
2020-11-19
Effective date
2020-11-19
NOAA docket
Docket No. 201112-0303
Abstract
NMFS corrects the final rule that implemented management measures described in Regulatory Amendment 27 (Regulatory Amendment 27) to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper-Grouper FMP), which published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2020. That final rule modified management measures for commercially-caught red porgy in the South Atlantic exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In that final rule, NMFS inadvertently neglected to remove a regulation prohibiting the sale and purchase of red porgy during the months of January through April. The purpose of this correcting amendment is to fix that error.