# Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Closure of the Penaeid Shrimp Fishery Off South Carolina
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; closure. · Published 2014-02-13 · Effective 2014-02-13 · 79 FR 8635
## Document
- **Document number:** 2014-03168
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** south atlantic
- **Species:** shrimp
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 8635
- **Publication date:** 2014-02-13
- **Effective date:** 2014-02-13
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 120919470-3513-02
## Abstract

NMFS closes the penaeid shrimp commercial sector to trawling, i.e., brown, pink, and white shrimp, in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off South Carolina in the South Atlantic. This closure is necessary to protect the spawning stock of white shrimp that has been subject to unusually cold weather conditions where state water temperatures have been 9 [deg]C (48 [deg]F), or less, for at least 7 consecutive days.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/02/13/2014-03168/fisheries-of-the-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-and-south-atlantic-shrimp-fishery-off-the-southern)
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