SSA Backs Ten-Year Gulf Shrimp Permit Moratorium Extension, Urges Threshold Review
The Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) filed comments last week supporting a proposed ten-year extension of the federal commercial shrimp permit moratorium in the Gulf, while urging an urgent examination of the moratorium's minimum permit thresholds amid a continued decline in the fleet.
As Expana reported in August, NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule implementing Amendment 17B to the Gulf Shrimp Fishery Management Plan, which would extend the existing moratorium on new commercial shrimp permits through October 2036...
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