NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES RULE: REEF FISH FISHERY OF THE GULF OF AMERICA; PARTIAL HOLDBACK OF COMMERCIAL QUOTA FOR THE OTHER SHALLOW-WATER GROUPER COMPLEX

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a rule called: Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Partial Holdback of Commercial Quota for the Other Shallow-Water Grouper Complex.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Dec. 23 by Kelly Denit, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: NMFS issues this temporary rule to withhold a portion of the commercial allocation of the Other Shallow-Water Grouper (SWG) complex for the 2026 fishing year in anticipation of the upcoming rulemaking to implement a framework action under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf (FMP). If implemented by NMFS, the framework action would, ...