Regulation
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Exempted Fishing Permit
NMFS announces the receipt of an application for an exempted fishing permit (EFP) from the Sustainable Seas Technology, LLC. If granted, the EFP would authorize the applicant to deploy modified black sea bass pots with Subsea Buoy Retrieval Systems (SBRS) in South Atlantic Federal waters off North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The project would continue to examine the potential usefulness of SBRSs for use in the black sea bass pot component for the commercial sector of the snapper-grouper fishery in minimizing impacts to protected species.