The Red Drum Plan Review Team

• Main Authors: For Red Drum, Roger Pugliese, South Atlantic, Fishery Management Council
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Red drum
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.645.7239; http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/file/reddrum2006fmpreview.pdf

development of northern markets for southern fish. All Atlantic coastal states Florida through New Jersey are now required to implement the provisions of the FMP, while New York through Maine (including Pennsylvania) are encouraged to implement consistent provisions to protect the red drum spawning stock. In 1990, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council adopted an FMP for red drum that defined overfishing and optimum yield (OY) consistent with the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. Adoption of this plan prohibited the harvest of red drum in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Council FMP, in recognition that all harvest would take place in state waters, recommended that states implement measures necessary to provide the target level of at least 30 % escapement. The moratorium on harvest of red drum in