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Emergency Action to Set Red Snapper Accountability Measures for the Recreational Sector of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery, Including Environmental Assessment, and Regulatory Impact Review

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Page : 90 pages

File Size : 41,94 MB

Release : 2014

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"The EA analyzes the impacts of a range of regulatory alternatives needed to decrease the likelihood of exceeding the recreational quota for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. This action was prepared and analyzed in response to a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Court) in Guindo11 v. Pritzker, 2014 WL 1274076 (D.D.C. Mar. 26, 2014). The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) are taking emergency action to address recent red snapper quota overages by the recreational sector. At their April 20 14 meeting, the Council requested an emergency rule to implement an in-season accountability measure for the recreational harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico that would apply to the upcoming 2014 season, which opens on June 1, 2014. This action would set an annual catch target by applying a buffer to the recreational quota. The Council chose a buffer of 20 percent, which would set an annual catch target at 4.312 million pounds (mp) whole weight (ww), as reduced from the recreational quota of 5.390 mp ww. The annual catch target would be used to set the length of the 2014 recreational season, thereby decreasing the likelihood of exceeding the quota. The 20 percent buffer is consistent with the established annual catch limit/annual catch target control rule and the previous recommendation from the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee"--Cover letter.



Establish Recreational Closure Authority Specific to Federal Waters Off Individual States for the Red Snapper Component of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery, Including Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact, and Regulatory Impact Review

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Page : 22 pages

File Size : 36,4 MB

Release : 2012

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"At their February 2013 meeting, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) requested an emergency rule that gives NOAA Fisheries the authority to set the closure date of the recreational red snapper season in federal waters off individual Gulf states based on if the state regulations are consistent with federal regulations for the recreational red snapper season length or bag limit. Emergency action is needed because NOAA Fisheries has received new information, i.e. that states other than Texas intend to implement recreational red snapper regulations in state waters that are not compatible with federal regulations. The authority granted through this emergency rule will help NOAA Fisheries to constrain recreational red snapper harvest within the quota while ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of fishing restrictions"--Summary from cover letter.



Framework Action to Set the 2013 Red Snapper Commercial and Recreational Quotas and Modify the Recreational Bag Limit, Including Environmental Assessment, Fishery Impact Statement, Regulatory Impact Review, and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

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Page : 81 pages

File Size : 47,31 MB

Release : 2013

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The proposed actions would set the 2013 quotas for commercial and recreational harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. Based on the definition of overfishing adopted in the 2011 Generic Annual Catch Limits/Accountability Measures Amendment, the red snapper stock is not experiencing overfishing. Results from the red snapper update assessment in 2009, and projection updates in 2011 and 2012, indicate that the quotas can be increased consistent with the rebuilding target of biomass at maximum sustainable yield by 2032. Management measures considered in this framework action would adjust the red snapper acceptable biological catch (ABC) from 8.08 million pounds (mp) whole weight to 8.46 mp whole weight for 2013. The commercial and recreational sector quotas are based on the current 51% commercial (4.315 mp) and 49% recreational (4.145 mp) allocation of red snapper and would become the quotas for the respective sectors. This makes the resulting recreational and commercial quotas consistent with goals and objectives of the Council's red snapper rebuilding plan.



Red Snapper 2013 Quota Increase and Supplemental Recreation Season, Including Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis

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Page : 87 pages

File Size : 21,53 MB

Release : 2013

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The proposed actions would revise the 2013 quotas for commercial and recreational harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. Based on the results of the 2013 SEDAR 31 red snapper benchmark assessment, the current fishing mortality rate is below the maximum fishing mortality threshold. Therefore, the red snapper stock is not experiencing overfishing, and the quotas can be increased consistent with the rebuilding target of biomass at maximum sustainable yield by 2032. Management measures considered in this framework action would adjust the red snapper acceptable biological catch (ABC) from the status quo of 8.46 million pounds (mp) whole weight to 11.0 mp whole weight for 2013. The commercial and recreational sector quotas would be based on the current 51% commercial (5.610 mp) and 49% recreational (5.390 mp) allocation of red snapper. The quota increases would allow a re-opening of the 2013 recreational red snapper season. The proposed actions would establish a continuous supplemental season beginning on October 1.



Red Snapper Quotas for 2015-2017+

Author : Steven Atran

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Page : 74 pages

File Size : 18,40 MB

Release : 2015

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"The subject environmental assessment (EA) analyzed the effects of a range of alternatives identified in the framework action to the Gulf of Mexico reef fish resources fishery management plan to modify the quotas for the harvest of red snapper. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has submitted the subject framework action to NOAA Fisheries for agency review under procedures of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. An update stock assessment was reviewed by the Scientific and Statistical Committee, which determined the allowable biological catch (ABC) could be increased. Management measures considered in this EA would adjust the red snapper ABC from 11.0 million pounds (mp) whole weight to those indicated in the table. The table provides the quotas, ABCs, and annual catch targets (ACT) in mp whole weight. The commercial and recreational sector quotas would be based on the current 51 percent commercial and 49 percent recreational allocation. The recreational ACT is set 20 percent below the recreational quota, based on a rule effective in April 2015 [table inset in cover letter summary]. The environmental assessment analyzes the impacts of the proposed actions. By itself, this framework action is not controversial because the quota will be increased. The ABC is sufficiently less than the overfishing limit such that the probability of overfishing is minimal"--Cover letter summary.



Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set 2011 Total Allowable Catch for Red Snapper, Including Revised Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

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Page : 57 pages

File Size : 28,49 MB

Release : 2011

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"Results from the red snapper update assessment in 2009 project that the red snapper stock is no longer undergoing overfishing and that total allowable catch could be increased. For 2010, the total allowable catch was raised from 5.0 million pounds [MP] to 6.945 MP. Management measures considered in this action are intended to increase the red snapper total allowable catch in 2011 from 6.945 MP to 7.185 MP and make the resulting recreational and commercial quotas consistent with goals and objectives of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's red snapper rebuilding plan. Based on the current 51 percent commercial and 49 percent recreational allocation of red snapper, the preferred total allowable catch increase adjusts the commercial and recreational quotas from 3.542 and 3.403 MP to 3.664 MP and 3.521 MP in 2011 respectively. The commercial sector is under an individual fishing quota program and has maintained landings within their quota in recent years. The recreational fishing season will be 48 days; June 1 through 12:01 a.m. July 19. The environmental assessment analyzes the impacts of the action. The proposed action is intended to provide an opportunity to harvest the full recreational red snapper quota and provide flexibility in achieving the Council's designated optimum yield for the fishery, thus enhancing social and economic benefits to the fishery"--Cover letter.



Final Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico

Author : Assane Diagne

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Page : 304 pages

File Size : 17,91 MB

Release : 2015

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This FEIS is prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act to assess the environmental impacts associated with a regulatory action. The FEIS analyzes the impacts of a reasonable range of alternatives intended to establish a federal for-hire: other recreational red snapper allocation. The purpose of this action is to define distinct private angling and federal for-hire components of the recreational red snapper fishery and allocate red snapper resources between the components of the recreational sector to provide a basis for increased flexibility in future management of the recreational sector, and minimize the chance for recreational quota overruns which could jeopardize the rebuilding of the red snapper stock.



Final Regulatory Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico

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Page : 62 pages

File Size : 29,5 MB

Release : 2012

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"The proposed actions analyzed in this environmental assessment would eliminate the fixed recreational red snapper closed season of October 1-December 31, and set the 2012 and 2013 quotas for commercial and recreational harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. Results from the red snapper update assessment in 2009, and projection updates in 2011 and 2012, indicate that the red snapper stock is no longer undergoing overfishing and the acceptable biological catch (ABC) can be increased from 7.185 million pounds (mp) whole weight to 8.080 mp whole weight for 2012 and to 8.690 mp whole weight for 2013. The increase in 2013 would be contingent on the 2012 ABC not being exceeded. The environmental assessment analyzes the impacts of the proposed actions . By itself, this amendment is not controversial because the quota will be increased. This increase is sufficiently less than the overfishing limit such that the probability of overfishing is minimal . A determination of the season length will not be finalized until all 2011 recreational landings data are available for analysis"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.





Emergency Action to Increase the 2011 Red Snapper Total Allowable Catch and Authorize NOAA Fisheries Service to Re-open the Recreational Red Snapper Season After the Fishing Season Closure, Including an Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impacts, and Regulatory Impact Review

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Page : 38 pages

File Size : 33,20 MB

Release : 2011

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"The recreational red snapper fishing season opened on June 1, 2011, and the fishing season officially ends on September 30, 2011. On April 29, 2011, NOAA Fisheries Service published a rule establishing a closure date for the recreational sector of 12:01 a.m., July 19, 2011. This was the date the quota was projected to be met. In April 2011, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council requested a rerun of the red snapper projections that included the 2009 and 2010 actual landings data. Based on the results of the rerun, the Council 's Scientific and Statistical Committee determined the 2011 total allowable catch could be increased from 7.185 to 7.53 million pounds. As a result, the Council requested that NOAA Fisheries Service develop an emergency rule to assign the entire 345,000 pounds of increased allowable catch to the recreational sector for the 2011 season. In addition, if NOAA Fisheries Service determines that the recreational red snapper quota was not reached by the July 19, 2011, closure date, the rule suspends the October I season closure, which would allow NOAA Fisheries Service to re-open the recreational red snapper season for a limited time period through subsequent rulemaking. The environmental assessment analyzes the impacts of the two proposed actions. The proposed actions are intended to provide flexibility in achieving the Council 's designated optimum yield for the fishery, thus enhancing social and economic benefits to the fishery"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of three related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.