Included in the Comprehensive For-Hire Electronic Reporting Amendment. Modified reporting requirements for federally-permitted charter vessels and headboats in the snapper grouper, dolphin wahoo, and coastal migratory pelagics (mackerel and cobia) fisheries.

Modified the king mackerel trip limit for season 2 in the Southern Zone.

GULF ONLY: Modified the Gulf migratory group cobia size and posession limits.

Modified the zones and commercial trip limits for king mackerel.

Transfered management of Atlantic Migratory Group Cobia (Georgia – New York) to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Modified recreational and commercial management measures for Atlantic cobia.

Modified the prohibition on retaining the recreational bag limit of king and Spanish mackerel on vessels with federal commercial permits during a commercial quota closure.

Modified allocations, stock boundaries and sale provisions for Gulf and Atlantic migratory groups of king mackerel.

GULF ONLY: increased the commercial trip limit to 45,000 pounds for the Gulf king mackerel gillnet fishery.

Established Atlantic Spanish mackerel trip limits in the Southern Zone (SC, GA, FL).

Modified management measures for king mackerel, regional quotas for cobia and king and Spanish mackerel, stock boundary for cobia, and modified the framework procedure.

Updated annual catch limits for Atlantic group and Gulf group Spanish mackerel.

Prohibited bag limit sales of king and Spanish mackerel in the Atlantic except for state permitted tournaments and removed income requirements for CMP permits.

Included in the Comprehensive Dealer Reporting Amendment. Modified permitting and reporting requirements for seafood dealers receiving federally managed species under eight fishery management plans.

Included in the Comprehensive Headboat Reporting Amendment. Modified reporting requirements for federally-permitted headboats fishing in the South Atlantic for snapper grouper species, dolphin and wahoo, and coastal migratory pelagics (mackerel and cobia).

Included in the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 2. Modified management of octocorals in the South Atlantic, special management zones off South Carolina, and sea turtle release gear requirements for the snapper grouper fishery. Designated essential fish habitat (EFH) and EFH-Habitat Areas of Particular Concern for multiple fishery management plans.

Established annual catch limits, annual catch targets and accountability measures. Established both Atlantic and Gulf migratory groups for cobia and removed cero, little tunny, dolphin, and bluefish from the management unit.

Included in the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1. Established deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (CHAPC) and established Shrimp Fishery Access Areas and Allowable Golden Crab Fishing Areas within the CHAPCs. Provided spatial information for Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) and EFH-HAPC under multiple fishery management plans.

Extended the charter/headboat vessel permit moratorium in the Gulf.

Established an indefinite limited access program for king mackerel and altered the fishing year.

GULF ONLY: Established two marine reserves where fishing for coastal migratory pelagic species is prohibited.

GULF ONLY: Established a 3-year moratorium on the issuance of charter vessel and headboat Gulf group king mackerel permits in the Gulf.

Extended the commercial king mackerel permit moratorium.

Included in the Comprehensive EFH Amendment. Identified essential fish habitat (EFH) and established EFH-habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC) for managed species in the South Atlantic.

Established a moratorium on king mackerel gillnet permits and allowed the retention and sale of damaged, legal sized king and Spanish mackerel within established trip limits.

Included in the Comprehensive Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment. Addressed definitions and other required provisions of the Sustainable Fisheries Act in South Atlantic fishery management plans.

Modified requirements for a king or Spanish mackerel permit, set the optimum yield target, and modified the seasonal framework adjustment measures. Extended management of cobia through NY.

Set trip limits for Atlantic Migratory Group King Mackerel.

Divided the Gulf commercial allocation equally in the Eastern Zone at the Dade-Monroe County line in Florida.

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

Extended management area for Atlantic groups of mackerels, redefined recreational bag limits as daily limits, added cobia to the annual stock assessment procedure and imposed bag limits, and established a minimum size for king mackerel.

Reallocated Atlantic group Spanish mackerel equally between recreational and commercial sectors.

Prohibited drift gill nets for Gulf group king mackerel and Gulf and Atlantic groups of Spanish mackerel and purse seines for overfished groups of mackerels.

Revised Spanish mackerel maximum sustainable yield, recognized two migratory groups, and set commercial quotas and bag limits. Required permits for charter vessels.

Provided a framework procedure for pre–season adjustment of TAC, revised king mackerel MSY downward, recognized separate Atlantic and Gulf migratory groups of king mackerel, and established fishing permits and bag limits for king mackerel.

Treated king and Spanish mackerel each as one U.S. stock. Established allocations for recreational and commercial fisheries, and the commercial allocation was divided between net and hook–and–line fishermen.