Amendment 3 to the fishery management plan for coral and coral reefs of the gulf of Mexico including an environmental assessment regulatory impact review and initial regulatory flexibility analysis

Publisher

Gulf fo Mexico Fishery Management Council Lincoln Center

Publication Year:

1995

Publication Place

Tampa, Florida

Physical Description:

31 pages; figures; tables

Call Number

VF 41130

Language

English

Record ID:

13666

Legacy PEIN ID:

53559

General Notes

Contents: 3. introduction, 3. description of the fishery, 5. purpose and need, 6. alternatives including proposed actions, 6. annual quota, 7. trip limits, 8. base for allowable octocorals, 9. live rock harvest off Florida's Panhandle, 10. personal use harvest of live rock, 11. regulatory impact review and initial regulatory flexibility analysis, 13. impacts of proposed alternatives, 20. initial regulatory flexibility analysis, 22. environmental consequences, 28. time and location of public hearings, 29. list of preparers, 29. list of agencies and organizations consulted, 30. other applicable law, 30. references, 31. figures

Subject Heading(s)

Amendment 3 with supplementary documents was prepared by the Gulf of Mexico fishery management council to provide additional management to the harvest of live rock in the Gulf of Mexico. Live rock is an assemblage of living marine organisms attached to a hard substrate such as dead coral or limestone. This amendment considers further live rock regulation including an annual quota during phase out revision of trip limits, closed area off Florida's Panhandle, redefinitionof allowable octocorals, and limited personal use harvest.

Environment - Protection - Samoa