🎣2025 Golden Tilefish Recreational Season Closure Announcement
NMFS announces the 2025 recreational fishing season for golden tilefish in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. Announcing the length of the recreational fishing season is the accountability measure (AM) for the recreational sector. NMFS estimates that recreational landings of golden tilefish will soon reach the recreational annual catch limit (ACL) for the 2025 fishing year. Accordingly, NMFS announces the closure date for the recreational harvest of golden tilefish in the South Atlantic EEZ to protect the golden tilefish resource.
Learn More🐟Notice of South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Public Meetings
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) on April 14 and 15, 2025. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet on April 15-17, 2025.
Learn More🦐NOAA Annual Economic Survey for Gulf & South Atlantic Shrimp Permit Holders
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Learn More🎣Notice on South Atlantic Red Snapper SEDAR Pre-Data Workshop
The SEDAR 90 assessment process of South Atlantic Red Snapper will consist of a Data Workshop, and a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Learn More🎣South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting Overview
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) April 2-3, 2025, in Charleston, SC.
Learn More🎣Notice of South Atlantic Red Snapper Data Workshop
The SEDAR 90 assessment process of South Atlantic Red Snapper will consist of a Data Workshop, and a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Learn More🎣Amendment 55 Overview for Scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper Fisheries
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted Amendment 55 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper- Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic (FMP) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. If approved by the Secretary of Commerce, Amendment 55 would remove yellowmouth grouper from the other South Atlantic shallow water grouper complex (other SASWG) and establish a new scamp and yellowmouth grouper complex. Amendment 55 would also establish status determination criteria (SDC), a rebuilding plan, catch levels, sector allocations, sector management measures, and accountability measures (AMs) for the new complex; and establish catch levels for the revised other SASWG complex. The purpose of Amendment 55 is to rebuild the scamp and yellowmouth grouper stock, and achieve optimum yield (OY) while minimizing, to the extent practicable, adverse social and economic effects.
Learn More🎣South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting Notice
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will host a meeting of the Mackerel Cobia Advisory Panel on March 31 and April 1, 2025.
Learn More🐟Public Meeting Notice for South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Executive Committee (partially closed session) via webinar to discuss the Council budget and workplan.
Learn More🦞Notice of SEDAR 91 Assessment Webinar for Caribbean Spiny Lobster
The SEDAR 91 Assessment of the US Caribbean Stock of Spiny Lobster will consist of a data scoping webinar, a data workshop, a series of assessment webinars, and a review workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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