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Amendment No. 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (Mackerels).

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This Amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic extends the commercial king mackerel permit moratorium until replaced with a license limitation, limited access, and/or individual fishing quota or individual transferable quota system. Since the commercial king mackerel harvest is regulated through allocations of TAC, the biological effects of open access and an increase in the number of participants would be constraine
Title
Amendment No. 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (Mackerels).
Country
United States of America
Type of document
Miscellaneous
Date of text
1999
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
ECOLEX region
Americas
North America
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/usa161844.pdf
Link to full text
http://gulfcouncil.org
Amends
Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.