Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Additional King Mackerel Quota

NMFS publishes this emergency interim rule to add to the commercial quota for the hook-and-line fishery in the Florida west coast sub-zone of the Gulf migratory group of king mackerel, reopen that fishery under the additional quota, and implement a vessel possession limit of 125 king mackerel per trip during the period that the fishery remains open. This rule responds to an economic and social emergency in the commercial fishery for Gulf group king mackerel off the southwest coast of Florida caused by the unforeseen harvest of most of the quota by the fishery off Florida's northwest coast.