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Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Red Grouper Catch Limits
Published August 6, 2025. Takes effect August 6, 2025. printed at 90 FR 37804. amending 50 CFR 622.
This sets an emergency catch limit for red grouper in the Gulf.
What the Rule Says It Does
NMFS issues this final temporary rule to promulgate emergency measures, due to recently discovered circumstances to mitigate harmful economic conditions to red grouper fishermen in the Gulf of America (Gulf). As requested by the Gulf Council (Council), NMFS issues this final temporary rule to increase the Gulf red grouper catch limits for the remainder of the 2025 fishing year. The purpose of this emergency action is to allow for increased harvest opportunities in the commercial and recreational sectors, particularly by extending the recreational fishing season and increasing the revenue potential for commercial and charter vessel/headboat (for-hire) fishermen targeting red grouper.
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Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, “Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Red Grouper Catch Limits,” 90 FR 37804 (August 6, 2025). Effective August 6, 2025.
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/06/2025-14941/reef-fish-fishery-of-the-gulf-of-america-red-grouper-catch-limits - This page
“Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of America; Red Grouper Catch Limits,” a final rule naming an order indexed here. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/rules/rule-2025-14941/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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