3. South of Canaveral (mid-depth and inshore) Looe Key Area 



Mangrove snapper Inshore groupers 



Yellowtail snapper Grunts 



Mutton snapper Porqies 

 Lane snapper 



4. Deep Water Complex (throughout range) 



Snowy grouper Golden tilefish 



Yellowedge grouper Black tilefish 



° Estimates of the Current Catch by Sub-Unit 



1. Rlack sea bass 1,605,914 lbs) to be 



2. North of Canaveral (mid-depth 4,126,116 lbs) rounded 



3. South of Canaveral (mid-depth & inshore 8,933,199 lbs) to nearest 



4. Deep water (throughout range) 1,184,770 lbs ) 100,000 lbs 



Total catch 15, 8^4, 999 lbs. 



° Estimates of Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) 



MSY is determined to be equal to the best available estimate 

 of the current catch in management subunits 1, 2 and 3 and equal to optimum 

 yield for subunit 4. 



° Management Goals : 



1. Long range goal : Maximize the economic and social value 

 of the harvest consistent with preventing overfishing of the stocks. 



Sub-goals : 



° Establish an information system to monitor the status 

 of the snapper-grouper fishery. 



° Encourage continued research on the biology and fishery 

 of significant species. 



° Prevent further overfishing of those stocks which now 

 may be overexploited. 



° Restore, over time, to the optimum level those stocks 

 which now may be overexploited. 



° Encourage up to full exploitation those stocks not 

 currently harvested at the optimum yield. 



° Encourage protection of existing habitat and the develop- 

 ment of new habitat by the construction of artificial reefs. 



° Reduce gear and user conflicts. 



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