WASHINGTON, July 7 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; Exempted Fishing Permits.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 7 by Kelly Denit, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: NMFS announces the receipt of two applications for exempted fishing permits (EFPs) from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). If granted, the EFPs would authorize limited recreational harvest of red snapper outside of any Federal recreational season in South Atlantic Federal waters and exempt that harvest from the red snapper recreational bag and possession limits, recreational annual catc...