# Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Closure of the Red Porgy Fishery
> **Rule** · Emergency interim rule; request for comments. · Published 1999-09-03 · Effective 1999-09-08 · 64 FR 48324
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-22956
- **Category:** seasonal-closure
- **Region:** south atlantic
- **Species:** grouper
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 48324
- **Publication date:** 1999-09-03
- **Effective date:** 1999-09-08
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 990823235-9235-01
## Abstract

This emergency interim rule prohibits the harvest and possession of red porgy in or from the exclusive economic zone off the southern Atlantic states. Closure of the fishery is intended to protect the red porgy resource, which is currently overfished.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/09/03/99-22956/fisheries-of-the-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-and-south-atlantic-snapper-grouper-fishery-off-the)
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