CMP Amendment 6

Amendment Summary

Established provisions for rebuilding overfished stocks of mackerels within specific periods and biennial assessments and adjustments.

Established provisions for rebuilding overfished stocks of mackerels within specific periods and biennial assessments and adjustments.
Set allocations for Gulf king mackerel at 68% and 32% recreational and commercial, respectively.
Established commercial vessel possession limits for Atlantic Spanish mackerel.
Set income requirements for king and Spanish mackerel permits, to be eligible for a permit the owner or operator much be able to show that at least 10 percent of his earned income was derived from commercial fishing.
Set the recreational fishing year as the calendar year for Spanish mackerel and Atlantic king mackerel, for the commercial sector the year is April 1 through March 31.
For Gulf king mackerel the fishing year for commercial in July 1 through June 30.
The minimum size limit for Spanish mackerel is 12 inches fork length, for king mackerel it is 20 inches fork length, for cobia it is 33 inches fork length.