Amendment 53 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region

Amendment 53 would modify management of South Atlantic gag and black grouper. Actions for gag include establishing a rebuilding plan, revising annual catch limits, annual optimum yield (OY), sector allocations, management measures, and recreational accountability measures. Amendment 53 would also modify recreational management measures for black grouper. Amendment 53 would end overfishing of South Atlantic gag, rebuild the stock, and achieve OY while minimizing, to the extent practicable, adverse social and economic effects.