The Flower Gardens : a compendium of information / by Thomas J. Bright ... [et al.] ; prepared for United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
Amendment for a Charter Vessel/Headboat Permit Moratorium Amending the FMPs for: Reef Fish (Amendment 20) and Coastal Migratory Pelagics (Amendment 14) (Including EA/RIR/IRFA)
The recreational fisheries in the Gulf region are larger than other east coast regions in terms of landings and participants. During 1995 and 1996, an average of about 4.0 million persons participated in marine recreational fishing in the Gulf states (Nat...
Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Maintain the Red Snapper Minimum Size Limit at 15 Inches Total Length
The red snapper resource in the Gulf of Mexico is in an overfished condition, and is currently under a management program to restore the stock to a level above the presently defined overfished threshold of20 percent spawning potential ratio (SPR) by the y...
Addendum to the Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set 1996 Red Snapper Total Allowable Catch (Includes Environmental Assessment, and Regulatory Impact Review)
This addendum contains an additional proposed action to create split season for the 1 996 red snapper commercial fishery. There are no changes to the original Proposed Actions or supporting documentation for those actions in the original December 1995 reg...
Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Including a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement Regualtory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
The Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Councils (Councils) propose an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic (FMP) that adds "live rock" to the fishery management unit. Live rock mean...
Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set 1996 Red Snapper Total Allowable Catch
This is a regulatory amendment, sometimes known as a framework procedure amendment, to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan. A regulatory amendment is used to implement changes to the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for a reef fish Stock or Stock complex, al...
Predicted Spatial Distribution of Corals in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
"Rising ocean temperatures and global climatic changes are among the primary threats to coral reefs around the world and in the Gulf. Coral bleaching has likely been one of the most important factors that have affected the wider Caribbean region corals ov...
Final generic annual catch limits/accountability measures amendment for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's red drum, reef fish, shrimp, coral and coral reefs, fishery management plans
The purpose of the Generic Annual Catch Limits/Accountability Measures Amendment for the Gulf of Mexico is to implement measures expected to prevent overfishing and achieve optimum yield (OY) while minimizing to the extent practicable adverse social and e...
Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set 1999 GAG/Black Grouper Management Measures (Revised)
The reasons why changes are being proposed are discussed in the section titled "Purpose and Need for Action". Proposed Alternatives are summarized under "Proposed Actions". A brief overview of the current stock assessment and findings of the Reef Fish Sto...
The Flower Gardens : a compendium of information / by Thomas J. Bright ... [et al.] ; prepared for United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.