Comments closed August 12
Stop overfishing of South Atlantic blueline tilefish
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · South Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone
- What
- Blueline tilefish face overfishing risk if catch limits are not updated to match current science.
- Where
- South Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone
- How much
- Blueline tilefish populations in South Atlantic federal waters are at risk if outdated catch limits remain in place.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 12, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Federal Register ↗, read July 14, 2026.
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- WhatOur plain-English read of the Federal Register 2026-14048 ↗. 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 12, 2026, from Federal Register, the document’s comment close date (federalregister.gov) ↗. Read July 14, 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
Blueline tilefish face overfishing risk if catch limits are not updated to match current science.
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 seeks public comment on proposed regulations to implement Abbreviated Framework Amendment 5 (Abbreviated Framework 5) under the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP). If implemented by NMFS, this proposed rule would revise catch levels for blueline tilefish in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. The purposes of these proposed regulatory changes are to ensure the catch levels for blueline tilefish are based on the best scientific information available (BSIA), to achieve and maintain optimum yield (OY), and to prevent overfishing while m…
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