Rule 68B-14.0036, F.A.C. (Recreational Bag Limits: Snapper, Grouper, Hogfish, Black Sea Bass, Red Porgy, Amberjack, Exception, Wholesale/Retail Purchase Exemption) would be amended to decrease the Atlantic recreational aggregate grouper bag limit from five to three fish per person per day, reduce the recreational bag limit for gag and black grouper in the Atlantic from two fish combined to one fish combined, and prohibit the captain and crew of for-hire vessels from retaining any species in the aggregate grouper bag limit. In Rule 68B-14.0039, F.A.C. (Recreational Grouper Season) an Atlantic recreational season closure for all shallow-water grouper from January 1 through April 30 would be established. Rule 68B-14.0045, F.A.C. (Commercial Harvest Requirements; Licenses, Season Closures, Bag and Trip Limits), would amend the Atlantic commercial season closure from March 1through April 30 to January 1 through April 30 and expands the list of included species from gag and black to all shallow-water grouper.