The purposes of these rule amendments are to implement the Commission’s new redfish (red drum) management approach by establishing new management regions and to revise redfish regulations in response to evaluation of the redfish fishery and stakeholder feedback. The effect of these rule amendments would be to establish nine new management regions and set the redfish recreational bag and vessel limits for each new region, prohibit captain and crew from retaining a redfish bag limit during a for-hire trip, and reduce the off-the-water transport limit.