# Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Atlantic Group Spanish Mackerel Commercial Trip Limit in the Southern Zone; Change in Start Date
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2008-02-11 · Effective 2008-03-12 · 73 FR 7676
## Document
- **Document number:** E8-2485
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Region:** south atlantic
- **Species:** mackerel
- **Federal Register citation:** 73 FR 7676
- **Publication date:** 2008-02-11
- **Effective date:** 2008-03-12
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 070709302-8019-02
## Abstract

In accordance with the framework procedure for adjusting management measures of the Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP), NMFS changes the start date of the commercial trip limit for Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel in the southern zone to March 1. The intended effect of this final rule is to conform the trip limit to the beginning of the fishing year for Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2008/02/11/E8-2485/fisheries-of-the-caribbean-gulf-of-mexico-and-south-atlantic-coastal-migratory-pelagic-resources-of)
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