Overview
ID #
13245854
Document Type
Environmental Assessment
NOAA Office
National Marine Fisheries Service - Southeast Region
Document Status
Complete
Last Updated
06/28/2019
Summary
• Increase the Gulf of Mexico red grouper annual catch limit and annual catch target for the commercial sector from 6.03 and 5.72 mp gw, to 8.19 and 7.78 mp gw, respectively, for 2016 through the year 2020.
• Increase the Gulf of Mexico red grouper annual catch limit and annual catch target for the recreational sector from 1.9 and 1.73 mp gw, to 3.34 and 3.07 mp gw, respectively, for 2016 through the year 2020.
The proposed action will not change the manner in which the fishery is prosecuted and there is no new information that suggests impacts to listed species or critical habitat not previously identified.