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Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hardbottom Habitats of the South Atlantic and the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Amendments 11/12
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on September 18, 2026. Comments are due by November 17, 2026.
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What the agency says
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 11 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hardbottom Habitats of the South Atlantic (Coral FMP) and Amendment 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp FMP; jointly Amendments 11/12) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. If approved, Amendments 11/12 would establish a shrimp fishery access area (SFAA) along the eastern boundary of the northern extension of the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHAPC) where trawling for rock shrimp is currently prohibited. The purpose of Amendments 11/12 is to reinstate access to historic rock shrimp fishing grounds, achieve optimum yield (OY) in the rock shrimp fishery, while minimizing impacts to deep-water corals in the OHAPC.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-19182
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Announcement of availability of fishery management plan amendments; request for comments
- Agency
- Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Published
- September 18, 2026
- Comments due
- November 17, 2026
- Dates
- Written comments on Amendments 11/12 must be received on or before November 17, 2026.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0648-BN92
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 622
- Pages
- 3
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