Amendment 4 to the Puerto Rico Fishery Management Plan: Reclassification of the Rainbow Runner as a Pelagic Fish

This action reclassifies the rainbow runner from the Reef Fish group to the Pelagic Fish group under the Puerto Rico FMP. This reclassification changes four elements of the species’ management: (1) establishes an annual catch target (ACT) consistent with management of the Pelagic Fish group; (2) applies the accountability measure (AM) for the Pelagic Fish group under the Puerto Rico FMP, in the event landings exceed the applicable ACT; (3) removes the harvest restrictions for reef fish during the Bajo de Sico six month seasonal area closure in western Puerto Rico; and 4) removes rainbow runner from the reef fish aggregate recreational bag limit.