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Amendment No. 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Red Drum Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico.

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Texas
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
1987
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Fisheries
Keyword
Policy/planning Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Marine fishes Total allowable catch Allocation/quota Stock enhancement/repopulation
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Red Drum Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico continues the prohibition of a directed commercial EEZ fishery and prohibits harvest from the EEZ off Florida and Texas (secondary areas). Commercial and recreational estimated catch allowances are converted into quotas that were restricted to EEZ waters off Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama (the primary area). The Council also requested that all Gulf states implement rules within their jurisdictions that would provide for an escapement rate of juvenile fish to the spawning stock biomass (SSB) equivalent to 20 percent of those that would have escaped had there been no inshore fishery. Such an escapement rate was judged as necessary to maintain a SSB level that would prevent recruitment failure and collapse of the fishery.

Full text
English
Website
gulfcouncil.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Fishery Management Plan for the Red Drum Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico.

Legislation | United States of America | 1986

Keyword: Policy/planning, Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Marine fishes, Total allowable catch, Allocation/quota, Fishing authorization, Stock enhancement/repopulation, Authorization/permit, Protection of habitats, Wetlands

Source: FAO, FAOLEX