Amendment No. 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs in of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic. Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision Texas Document type Miscellaneous Date 1998 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Fisheries, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Policy/planning Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Coral Aquatic animals Management/conservation Protection of habitats Ecosystem preservation Marine mammals Protection of species Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Coral and Coral Reefs in the U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone (FCZ) of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic under the jurisdiction of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council provides additional management to the harvest of live rock in the Gulf of Mexico. Established management under the National Standard Guidelines that: Prohibits taking of coral reefs, (specifically, stony corals and black corals, fire coral and hydrocorals and two species of seafans.); Provides for a limited harvest of soft corals or octocorals except the two prohibited species of seafans and establishes coral habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC). Prohibits fishing with bottom longlines, traps, pots, and bottom trawls within HAPCs. Designated HAPCs in conjunction with the Oculina Bank, off Ft. Pierce on Florida's East Coast. Prohibits use of toxic chemicals to take fish or other marine organisms in or on a "coral area" including patch reefs, outer bank reefs, deepwater banks, and hard bottoms. Prohibits collection of dead coral or calcium carbonate rock (known as "live rock" in the aquarium trade); Established a live rock aquaculture permit system for the South Atlantic EEZ; Established criteria for issuance of permits to take prohibited coral for scientific, research, and educational, purposes and a permit system for use of allowable chemicals and harvest of octocorals. Full text English Website safmc.net References - Legislation Amends Fishery Management Plan for Coral and Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic. Legislation | United States of America | 1982 Keyword: Marine fisheries, Fishery management and conservation, Policy/planning, Fishing authorization, Fishing gear/fishing method, Bycatch, Non-commercial fishing, Authorization/permit, Management/conservation, Protection of habitats, Ecosystem preservation, Endangered species, Coral, Marine protected areas, Protection of species, Protected area, Aquatic animals Source: FAO, FAOLEX