Comments closed August 6
Stop removal of Gulf red grouper fishing closure
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · Gulf of America
- What
- A seasonal closure protecting red grouper during winter months would be permanently eliminated.
- Where
- Gulf of America
- How much
- Red grouper populations in the Gulf of America lose a key two-month winter protection if the February-March shallow-water grouper closure is removed.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 6, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read July 8, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Federal Register 2026-13682 ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- DecidedAugust 6, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read July 8, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
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Affects public lands
A seasonal closure protecting red grouper during winter months would be permanently eliminated.
What’s at risk
If this goes through
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
NMFS proposes to implement management measures described in Amendment 62 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf (FMP) (Amendment 62), as prepared and submitted by the Gulf Council (Council). This proposed rule and Amendment 62 would revise the catch limits and sector allocations for Gulf of America (Gulf) red grouper, based on the best scientific information available. Additionally, this proposed rule would remove the shallow-water grouper (SWG) recreational seasonal closure, from February 1 through March 31, in Gulf Federal waters seaward of the 20-fathom boundary.
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