Amendment 54 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf): Modifications to Gulf Greater Amberjack Rebuilding Plan, Catch Limits, and Sector Allocation

Amendment 54 would modify the units used to monitor Gulf recreational greater amberjack landings from the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) Coastal Household Telephone Survey (CHTS) to the MRIP Fishing Effort Survey (FES) and update the current rebuilding plan. Specifically, Amendment 54 and the proposed rule would:
• Revise the Gulf greater amberjack allocation from 27% commercial and 73% recreational to 20% commercial and 80% recreational,
• Revise the commercial ACT buffer from 13% to 7%, and
• Revise the OFL, ABC, and sector ACLs and ACTs