佛州外海珊瑚保护区拟设岩虾渔业准入区 NOAA 征求意见至12月14日
美国国家海洋和大气管理局渔业局（NOAA Fisheries）11月10日发布拟议规则，拟在佛罗里达州 Fort Pierce 外海约15海里的 Oculina Bank 特别关注栖息地（OHAPC）内新设一处岩虾渔业准入区，面积14.10平方海里，公众评论期为11月12日至12月14日。
Oculina Bank 是深水珊瑚 Oculina varicosa（象牙树珊瑚）的重要栖息地，保护区向北延伸至 Cape Canaveral 外海。拟设准入区位于保护区北延段的东侧边界，区内经海底测绘确认是平坦的软底海床，没有活珊瑚、死珊瑚或珊瑚碎石分布。准入区与已知珊瑚尖峰之间留有350米至1,580米宽的可变缓冲区。
规则生效后，持有有限准入商业岩虾许可证的渔船可在准入区内用底拖网捕捞岩虾，保护区内关于锚泊、使用底延绳钓等其他限制保持不变。公众可通过联邦公报渠道就拟议规则提交评论，案卷号为 NOAA-NMFS-2026-1750；与之配套的渔业管理计划修正案已于9月18日刊登《联邦公报》，其评论期至11月17日。
（来源：美国国家海洋和大气管理局渔业局）
NOAA Proposes Rock Shrimp Access Area Inside Florida Coral Habitat, Comments Due December 14
NOAA Fisheries published a proposed rule on November 10 to establish a rock shrimp fishery access area inside the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern (OHAPC), about 15 miles off Fort Pierce, Florida. The access area would cover 14.10 square nautical miles, and the public comment period runs from November 12 through December 14.
Oculina Bank is a key habitat for the deepwater coral Oculina varicosa, known as ivory tree coral, and the protected area extends north toward Cape Canaveral. The proposed access area sits along the eastern boundary of the habitat area's northern extension, where seafloor mapping confirmed flat, soft-bottom habitat with no live coral, dead coral or coral rubble. A variable buffer of 350 to 1,580 meters separates the access area from known coral pinnacles.
If the rule takes effect, vessels holding limited-access commercial rock shrimp permits could bottom-trawl for rock shrimp inside the access area, while other restrictions in the habitat area, including limits on anchoring and bottom longlines, would remain in place. Comments on the proposed rule, docket NOAA-NMFS-2026-1750, can be submitted through the federal rulemaking portal; a companion fishery management plan amendment was published in the Federal Register on September 18, with comments due by November 17.
(Source: NOAA Fisheries)
来源：美国国家海洋和大气管理局渔业局
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图片来源：图：象牙树珊瑚 Oculina varicosa。Wikimedia Commons 图片（公共领域）。 / Photo: Ivory tree coral, Oculina varicosa. Image via Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
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