SAFMC
This channel is designed to help keep you informed on South Atlantic Fishery Management Council actions and other items of interest in the South Atlantic region. It is managed by the South Atlantic Council staff. We welcome your comments and questions.
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., is responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the federal 200-mile limit of the Atlantic off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and east Florida to Key West.
See: www.safmc.net
What It Means To Me: Education is Power
SAFMC Citizen Science Program Update: December 2025 Council Meeting
SAFMC Seminar Series: Do We Still Need to Protect Fish Spawning Grounds?
Nov. 2025 Public Hearings: Snapper Grouper Regulatory Amendment 37
Nov. 2025 Public Scoping: Snapper Grouper Amendment 61
SAFMC Seminar Series: The SMILE Project- Using Citizen Science and Technology to Collect Fish Length
SciFish: SAFMC Release Entry Walkthrough
What It Means To Me: Fishing for the Future
SAFMC Best Fishing Practices Campaign Progress, Impact, and What's Next: Sept. 2025 Council Meeting
SAFMC Seminar Series: 15 years of research to inform the management of South Atlantic Red Snapper
Executive Order 14276: Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
August 2025 Public Scoping: Snapper Grouper Amendment 60
August 2025 Public Hearings: Comprehensive Amendment Coral 11 & Shrimp 12
SAFMC Seminar Series: Restoration of Two Key Habitats in Florida
SAFMC Seminar Series: Black Sea Bass- Distribution Shifts, Recruitment, and Genetic Stock Structure
April 2025 Public Scoping: Comprehensive For-Hire Reporting Improvement Amendment
What It Means To Me: I'm Going Fishing!
SAFMC Seminar Series: Harvest Strategies to Respond to Climate Induced Changes in Productivity
What It Means To Me: Full Time Fisherman
Feb. 2025 Public Scoping: Snapper Grouper Amendment 56
SAFMC Seminar Series: Stock Identification for Better Fishery Science and Management
SAFMC Seminar Series: Why Facts Don't Change Minds, and What Does
SAFMC Seminar Series: Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance Adaptive Capacity of Management
What It Means To Me: Every Day is a New Adventure
SAFMC Seminar Series: Trends in Dolphin Abundance Along the Atlantic Coast (1986 to 2022)
August 2024 Public Hearings: Snapper Grouper Amendment 55
August 2024 Public Hearings: Snapper Grouper Regulatory Amendment 36
SAFMC Seminar Series: Low Recruitment in Some South Atlantic Managed Species
What It Means To Me: Bonding in Blue Water