Sunday, August 28, 2011

Atlantic Snapper Grouper Management Plan

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is taking public comments until September 1st regarding Amendment 24 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan for the South Atlantic. Amendment 24 will implement a rebuilding plan for red grouper in the South Atlantic. Red grouper have been determined to be overfished and undergoing overfishing. The plan is intended to end overfishing immediately and increase overfished stock to a sustainable level. In addition, Annual Catch Limits (in pounds or numbers of fish) and Accountability Measures would be established for both recreational and commercial sectors of the red grouper fishery.

Written comments should be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC  29405, or via email to: SGAmend24PHcomment@safmc.net for Amendment 24 to the Snapper Grouper FMP.  Written comments will be accepted from August 12, 2011 until 5:00 PM on September 1, 2011.

The hearings on Amendment 24 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan have been rescheduled as part of a series of public hearings that will be held in November 2011. Public hearings will be held in Florida on the following dates: Jacksonville on November 15th; Cape Canaveral on November 16th, and Key Largo on November 17th. Details regarding the locations for the public hearings will be provided as they become available.

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