New Requirements Will Affect Shrimp Fishermen

December 21, 2005

This final rule to implement Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (FMP) includes the following provisions: (1) requires an owner or operator of a trawler that harvests or possesses penaeid shrimp (brown, pink, or white shrimp) in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the southern Atlantic states to obtain a commercial vessel permit for South Atlantic penaeid shrimp; (2) requires an owner or operator of a vessel in the South Atlantic rock shrimp or penaeid shrimp fishery to submit catch and effort reports and to carry an observer on selected trips; (3) and requires bycatch reduction devices in nets in the rock shrimp fishery.

Amendment 6 also revises the bycatch reduction criteria for the certification of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs), and transfers responsibilities for the BRD testing protocol from the Council to NOAA Fisheries’ Southeast Regional Administrator.

For more information, read the fishery bulletin or contact St***************@no**.gov with any questions.

New Requirements Will Affect Shrimp Fishermen

For more information, read the fishery bulletin or contact St***************@no**.gov with any questions.

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