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Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 96–16767 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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47 CFR Part 73

[MM Docket No. 96–140, RM–8824]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Hemphill, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Phillip

Burr proposing the allotment of Channel

280A at Hemphill, Texas, as the

community first local FM service.

Channel 280A can be allotted to

Hemphill in compliance with the

Commission’s minimum distance

separation requirements with a site

restriction of 2.2 kilometers (1.4 miles)

north in order to avoid a short-spacing

conflict with the licensed site of Station

KBIU(FM), Channel 279C1, Lake

Charles, Louisiana. The coordinates for

Channel 280A at Hemphill are 31–21–

30 and 93–51–24.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before August 19, 1996, and reply

comments on or before September 3,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, or its counsel or consultant,

as follows: Cary S. Tepper, Booth, Freret

& Imlay, P.C., 1233 20th Street, NW.,

Suite 204, Washington, DC 20554

(Counsel for petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam

Blumenthal, Mass Media Bureau, (202)

418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

96–140, adopted June 21, 1996, and

released June 28, 1996. The full text of

this Commission decision is available

for inspection and copying during

normal business hours in the FCC’s

Reference Center (Room 239), 1919 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC. The

complete text of this decision may also

be purchased from the Commission’s

copy contractor, ITS, Inc., (202) 857–

3800, 2100 M Street, NW., Suite 140,

Washington, DC 20037. Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to

this proceeding. Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 642

[Docket No. 950725189–6182–03; I.D.

060696A]

RIN 0648–AI92

Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources

of the Gulf of Mexico and South

Atlantic; Changes in Catch Limits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: 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 proposes commercial vessel trip

limits for the Atlantic migratory group

of king mackerel. The intended effects

of this rule are to preclude an early

closure of the commercial fishery,

protect king mackerel from overfishing,

and maintain healthy stocks while still

allowing catches by important

commercial fisheries.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before July 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be mailed

to Mark F. Godcharles, Southeast

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 9721 Executive Center Drive N.,

St. Petersburg, FL 33702.

Send requests for copies of the

regulatory amendment document (dated

June 1995) and its supplement (dated

February 1996), which include the

environmental assessment and

regulatory impact review for this action,

to the South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, Southpark

Building, One Southpark Circle, Suite

306, Charleston, SC 29407–4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark F. Godcharles, 813–570–5305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

fisheries for coastal migratory pelagic

resources are regulated under the FMP.

The FMP was prepared jointly by the

Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic

Fishery Management Councils and is

implemented by regulations at 50 CFR

part 642.

In accordance with the framework

procedures of the FMP, the South

Atlantic Council (Council)

recommended to the Director, Southeast

Region, NMFS (Regional Director), a

regulatory amendment, which, among

other changes, included establishment

of commercial vessel trip limits for the

Atlantic migratory group of king

mackerel. These vessel trip limits were

included in a proposed rule published

on August 3, 1995 (60 FR 39698). A

final decision by NMFS on whether the

trip limits were consistent with the

National Standards of the Magnuson

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act (Magnuson Act) was deferred, and

the reasons for the deferral were

published in the final rule

implementing the approved measures of

the regulatory amendment (60 FR 5768,

November 17, 1995). The Council

revised the proposed trip limits to

address cited deficiencies, took

additional public comment, and

resubmitted a supplemented regulatory

amendment for NMFS’ review and

approval.

The Council proposes daily trip limits

for vessels harvesting under the

commercial allocation for Atlantic

group king mackerel. This segment of

the fishery has not been subject to trip

limits. As revised, the daily possession/

landing limit for a vessel using nonprohibited gear and having a Federal

commercial mackerel permit would be

3,500 lb (1,588 kg) of king mackerel in

or from the exclusive economic zone

(EEZ) year-round in the northern area

(i.e., between the New York/Connecticut

and Flagler/Volusia County, FL

boundaries). Off Volusia County, FL, the

daily trip limit would be 3,500 lb (1,588

kg) of king mackerel in or from the EEZ

from April 1 through October 31. South

of there, between the Volusia/Brevard

and Dade/Monroe County boundaries,

the daily trip limit would be 500 lb (227
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kg) of king mackerel in or from the EEZ

from April 1 through October 31. In the

southernmost area, off Monroe County

(Florida Keys), the daily trip limit

would be 1250 lb (567 kg) of king

mackerel in or from the EEZ from April

1 through October 31. All trip limits

proposed for the Atlantic group king

mackerel are daily landing/possession

limits that would be reduced to zero for

that group when the annual commercial

allocation is reached.

The Council desires implementation

as soon as possible in the fishing year

that began April 1, 1996, to preclude

excessive early season harvest of king

mackerel, early closure,

disproportionate harvest of the

allocation by regional fisheries,

subsequent negative socioeconomic

impacts, recruitment overfishing, and

waste.

In its resubmitted proposal, the

Council revised the original trip limit

proposals by converting limits on the

number of fish that may be possessed or

landed to equivalent pounds of fish. The

Council determined that this change

was necessary to prevent waste caused

by high-grading (i.e., the act of

discarding smaller fish and replacing

them with larger ones to maximize

aggregate poundage landed while

complying with the daily trip limit on

the number of fish landed). Such waste

causes estimates of release and fishing

mortality to be lower than the actual

mortality and results in an inaccurate

evaluation of the status of the stocks and

of the fishery impacts on the resource.

Trip limits were first proposed in

conjunction with a proposed decrease in

total allowable catch (TAC) from 10.0

million lb (4,536 metric tons (mt)) to 7.3

million lb (3,311 mt) for the Atlantic

group king mackerel for the 1995/96

fishing year (August 3, 1995, 60 FR

39698). The reduced TAC was approved

by NMFS and implemented through a

final rule (November 17, 1995, 60 FR

57686). Further decreases were expected

for the 1996/97 fishing year . The 7.3–

million lb TAC decreased the

commercial allocation for the 1995–96

fishing year from the previous level of

3.71 million lb (1,683 mt) to 2.70

million lb (1,225 mt). The Council

reduced TAC to the lower range of the

acceptable biological catch (ABC) in

anticipation of a lower ABC for the

1996/97 fishing year, and expressed

concerns about the status of both the

Atlantic and Gulf groups of king

mackerel and recent low catches.

As the Council expected and the 1995

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

Report projected, the 1996 Report of the

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

presented lower estimates of the

spawning potential ratio (SPR) and the

ABC for Atlantic group king mackerel.

Although some of the decreases in these

parameters may be attributed to new

analytical methods, most are

attributable to the inclusion of more

accurate estimates for the mortality of

juvenile and subadult mackerels taken

as incidental bycatch in the Atlantic

shrimp trawl fishery off southeastern

states. The 1996 modal SPR estimate of

32 percent is down by about 36 percent

from the approximate 50 percent level

estimated for previous years, and the

1996 ABC is about half of 1995

estimates. The 1996 ABC range estimate

is 4.1 - 6.8 million lb (mode: 5.5 million

lb) (1,860 - 3,084 mt, mode: 2,495 mt)

compared to the 1995 estimate of 7.3 -

15.5 million lb (mode: 10.9 million lb)

(3,311 - 7,031 mt, mode: 4,944 mt). The

Council sets TAC within the ABC range

usually at or below the modal value

suggesting that the 1996/97 TAC will be

even lower than last year’s 7.3 million

lb (3,311 mt) that yielded commercial

and recreational allocations of 2.70

(1.225 mt) and 4.60 M (2.087 mt),

respectively.

Although the 1996 estimate of SPR

indicates that the Atlantic group king

mackerel is not overfished, the lower

SPR value suggests, as the Council

previously suspected, that stock size

may not be as large as previous

estimates indicated. The modal 1996

SPR estimate is reduced to 32 percent,

well below the 1995 estimate of 55

percent and just above the 30 percent

overfished level currently defined in the

FMP. Even though the estimated 32

percent SPR level is well above the

overfishing level of 20 percent SPR

proposed in FMP Amendment 8, it is

below the Council’s proposed target SPR

of 40 percent for achieving maximum

sustainable yield or long-term optimum

yield (OY). Moreover, the actual total

catch (commercial and recreational

combined) may have reached its lowest

level (5.92 million lb; 2,685 mt) in 15

years during the 1994/95 season;

preliminary estimates indicate that the

1995/96 catch will remain at this same

low level. In the past nine years, total

catch has exceeded 7.30 million lb

(3,311 mt) four times.

The Council also proposed the trip

limits, in anticipation of increased effort

in the fishery, to prevent excessive

harvest of pre-spawning and spawning

fish and recruitment overfishing. The

Council is concerned that a number of

new entrants may join the fishery as a

result of the recent prohibition on

gillnet use in Florida waters (July 1,

1995) and New England fishery

closures.

The Council recommended the trip

limits not only to provide increased

protection for Atlantic group king

mackerel but also for the Gulf group.

The trip limits would prevent the

detrimental effects of excessive catches

of the Atlantic group throughout the

spring/summer spawning season and of

the Gulf group during April. King

mackerel harvest in April, unrestricted

by daily vessel trip limits, could result

in the unintentional taking of large

quantities of Gulf group king mackerel

when such fish are still located within

the boundaries of the Atlantic group.

Tag and recapture information indicate

that king mackerel off south Florida

from late fall through early spring,

particularly off the Florida Keys, mostly

belong to the Gulf migratory group.

The fishing season for Atlantic group

king mackerel fishery opens annually on

April 1, and vessels targeting fish with

hook-and-line, run-around gillnet, and

purse seine gear are not restricted by

trip limits. Consequently, excessive

capture of Gulf group king mackerel

could occur off south Florida in April if

conditions delay emigration to spring/

summer spawning grounds.

The Council considers such catches

‘‘double-dipping’’ (i.e., overrunning of

quotas that have already been

harvested). In the past two years, hookand-line and run-around gillnet quotas

for Gulf group king mackerel were

reached or exceeded, and respective

fisheries were closed, after large

February catches off the Florida Keys.

The Gulf group king mackerel stock is

still considered overfished; preliminary

calculations for the 1996/97 fishing year

suggest that this group would remain in

the overfished status even under the less

restrictive overfished/overfishing

definitions proposed in Amendment 8.

Excessive capture of king mackerel,

unrestrained by trip limits and under a

reduced commercial allocation, could

result in a disproportionately large

harvest off south Florida and an early

closure of the commercial fishery for the

Atlantic group. Fishery participants in

the northern area might then lose the

opportunity to harvest their traditional

and equitable share of the allocation.

Atlantic group king mackerel support an

important fall fishery off North Carolina.

An early fishery closure would

adversely affect these traditional

fisheries and could lead to severe

socioeconomic impacts and subsequent

requests for relief through emergency

action.

To keep the recreational catch within

the reduced allocation of 4.6 million lb

(2,087 mt), the recreational bag limit for

the EEZ from New York through Georgia

was reduced on January 1, 1996, from
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five to three fish per person. The

Council determined that this reduction

would be sufficient to maintain catch

within the decreased allocation without

changing the two-fish bag limit off

Florida. Recreational catch estimates

indicated that the bag limit reduction in

the northern area (Georgia through New

York) would provide about a 10 percent

reduction in catch. In addition, 1995

catch estimates for the 1988/89 through

1990/91 fishing years, when the bag

limit was three fish in the northern area

and two fish off Florida, were below 4.6

million lb (2,087 mt).

Although a recreational bag limit

reduction was approved to reduce catch

in alignment with the decreased 1995/

96 recreational allocation, NMFS

deferred the decision to approve or

disapprove the collateral commercial

vessel trip limits until certain analytical

and procedural deficiencies were

corrected. The Council has addressed

the deficiencies and revised and

resubmitted the trip limit proposals. In

conjunction with the public review of

Amendment 8 to the FMP, additional

public hearings were conducted to

review the proposed trip limits.

Thereafter, the Council revised its

proposal to convert the units for the trip

limits from numbers of fish to pounds

of fish to reduce waste from the practice

of high-grading and to allow vessels

operating in the commercial fishery off

Monroe County (Florida Keys) from

April 1 though October 31 to possess or

land up to 1250–lb (567–kg) per trip,

thus reducing socioeconomic impacts

on that sector. Preliminary review of the

revised supporting documents indicates

that the Council has addressed the

deficiencies previously noted in the

initial analyses. As discussed below,

NMFS’ preliminary review of the

Council’s re-submission did not reveal

any inconsistencies with the national

standards.

Consistency with the National

Standards

In regard to the original trip limit

proposals, as discussed in the preamble

to the final rule implementing the

approved measures of the Council’s

regulatory amendment (60 FR 57686;

November 17, 1995), inaccuracies and

inconsistencies in the analyses of

impacts and inadequate opportunity for

public comment prevented NMFS from

determining if the proposals were

consistent with the National Standards

(N.S.). Some letters received during the

comment period, which was announced

in the proposed rule (60 FR 39698;

August 3, 1995), contended that the trip

limit proposals would preclude

achievement of OY (N.S. 1), were not

based on the best available information

(N.S. 2), would be unfair and

inequitable to fishery participants

throughout the management area (N.S.

4), would unnecessarily promote

harvest inefficiency (N.S. 5), and would

constitute unjustifiable administrative

costs and burdens (N.S. 7).

After reviewing the revised impact

analyses, findings of the 1996 mackerel

stock assessment concerning the status

of the Atlantic group king mackerel, and

results from additional public hearings,

NMFS has made a preliminary

determination that the proposed

commercial vessel trip limits are

consistent with the N.S. as discussed

below. Previous problems related to the

Council’s analyses of the potential

impacts of the 50–fish trip limit on the

Florida Keys fishery and not providing

sufficient notice to impacted fishermen

appear to have been corrected. Impact

analyses were revised and the Council

held additional public hearings. In

response to the comments received at

those hearings, the Council increased

the proposed trip limit for the Florida

Keys area from 500 to 1250 pounds

(initially proposed as 50 to 125 fish) per

vessel per day.

National Standard 1

Newly available information

contained in the 1996 Report of the

Mackerel Stock Assessment Panel

probably will compel the Council to

recommend further reductions in TAC

for Atlantic group king mackerel. The

forthcoming TAC recommendation for

the 1996/97 fishing year probably would

reduce both commercial and

recreational allocations to levels that

have been harvested during the past two

years. Consequently, NMFS expects that

TAC will be taken and OY achieved for

the 1996/97 fishing year even with the

imposition of trip limits. To provide the

socioeconomic benefits that the Council

intends while preventing overfishing,

the proposed trip limits appear

necessary.

National Standard 2

Recent review of the proposed trip

limits and supporting documents,

increased effort and king mackerel

landings off southwest Florida this

April (1996), and findings of the 1996

stock assessment indicate that the

proposed trip limits are based on the

best available scientific information. In

a recent review, NMFS Southeast

Fisheries Science Center (Center)

advised that the revised proposed trip

limits appear to be based on the best

available scientific information. Further,

the Center advised that the proposals

clearly are risk averse in that they

would maintain stock levels that would

not be at risk of recruitment overfishing.

Although the 1996 SPR estimate

indicates that the Atlantic group king

mackerel is not overfished, the lower

estimated value suggests, as the Council

previously suspected, that stock size

may not be as large as previous

estimates indicated. The 1996 SPR

estimate is reduced to 32 percent, near

the 30 percent SPR overfished level

currently defined in the FMP and above

the 20 percent level in proposed

Amendment 8. Nevertheless, the current

32 percent SPR estimate is below the

proposed SPR target of 40 percent for

achieving maximum sustainable yield

(MSY) or long-term OY. Therefore, the

best available scientific information is

not inconsistent with the Council’s

recommendations for more conservative

management measures that reduce

fishing mortality and, thus, prevent

early closure and quota overruns, and

decrease the risk of recruitment

overfishing.

National Standard 4

NMFS believes the revised proposed

trip limits have the potential to

maintain traditional harvest and quota

distribution among user groups.

Initially, the proposed trip limit for the

Florida Keys fishery was 50 fish

throughout the Florida east and

southwest coast areas. The 50–fish limit

was requested and was strongly

supported by many southeast Florida

king mackerel fishermen.

In response to comments received at

public hearings, the Council increased

the proposed trip limit for the Florida

Keys to 1250–lb (567–kg) to provide

sufficient revenue to operate in the

April fishery near the Dry Tortugas.

This proposal is equivalent to the 125–

fish trip limit for the Gulf group king

mackerel hook-and-line fishery that

begins in that area on November 1.

Consequently, the proposed 1250–lb

(567 kg) trip limit would appear to

provide fair access while preventing

excessive catches, early closures, and

quota overruns, and thus satisfies the

requirements of N.S. 4 regarding

fairness and equity to all fishery

participants throughout the

management area.

For the fishery from northeast Florida

through New York, the Council

proposed the 3500–lb (1588–kg) trip

limit. Available landings information

reviewed by the Council indicates that

proposal would have essentially no

effect on harvest. Moreover, the Council

does not expect the proposed increased

trip limit for this area to alter the status

quo or provide increased harvesting

advantage. If inordinate large northern
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landings do occur in the future, the

Council will reconsider and revise the

3500–lb (1588–kg) trip limit to prevent

inequitable quota distribution and

recruitment overfishing.

National Standard 5

The Council’s impact analyses

indicate that the proposed trip limits

would have restricted less than 6

percent of the trips in any given area.

However, the 500–lb (227–kg) and

1250–lb (567–kg) trip limits proposed

for south Florida would have

substantially reduced some individual

vessel landings and total catch for those

areas for some years. Data examined by

the Council indicated that the 3500–lb

(1,588 kg) trip limit would have

impacted no trips off Volusia County

(Florida) and would have only

minimally impacted trips between the

Volusia/Flagler County (Florida) and

New York/Connecticut boundaries.

Such impacted trips landed at North

Carolina ports would have exceeded

that state’s landing limit (i.e., 3500 lb).

The Council’s analyses were based on

landings estimates for Florida (1991/92

through 1994/95 seasons) and North

Carolina.

National Standard 7

The revised proposed trip limits

appear consistent with a management

strategy to balance costs and benefits;

the Council’s impact analyses indicate

that the trip limits will not inordinately

affect costs or place an undue economic

and regulatory burden on fishermen or

fisheries.

The Regional Director initially

concurs that the Council’s

recommendations are necessary to

protect king mackerel stocks and

prevent overfishing and that they are

consistent with the objectives of the

FMP, the N.S., and other applicable law.

Accordingly, the Council’s proposed

revised trip limits are published for

comment.

Classification

This proposed rule has been

determined to be not significant for

purposes of E.O. 12866.

The Assistant General Counsel for

Legislation and Regulation of the

Department of Commerce certified to

the Chief Counsel of the Small Business

Administration that this proposed rule,

if adopted, would not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. Historical

landings data for the last four fishing

seasons indicate that the percentage of

fishing trips that would have been

affected by the proposed trip limits

ranged from 0 to 5.4 percent. Although

it is not possible to directly translate

number of fishing trips into number of

fishing firms impacted, it appears that

less than 20 percent of the small

business entities involved in harvest of

Atlantic king mackerel would be

affected. The proposed trip limits are

estimated to reduce the harvest of

Atlantic king mackerel and the

associated net revenue by about five

percent. Compliance costs will not be

affected by this action. There are no

differential small and large business

impacts because all affected entities are

small entities. No capital costs of

compliance are expected, and there is

no information indicating that two or

more percent of the existing harvesting

firms will cease business operations as

a result of this rule. The proposed trip

limits are designed, in part, to moderate

the rate of harvest, thereby minimizing

the probability of early closures and the

associated adverse socioeconomic

impacts. Therefore, the trip limits are

expected to provide small increases in

long-term benefits to the industry. For

these reasons, a regulatory flexibility

analysis was not prepared.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 642

Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Gary Matlock,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

For the reasons set out in the

preamble, 50 CFR part 642 is proposed

to be amended as follows:

PART 642—COASTAL MIGRATORY

PELAGIC RESOURCES OF THE GULF

OF MEXICO AND SOUTH ATLANTIC

1. The authority citation for part 642

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

2. In § 642.7, paragraphs (q) and (r) are

revised to read as follows:

§ 642.7 Prohibitions.

* * * * *

(q) Exceed a commercial trip limit for

Atlantic group king or Spanish

mackerel, as specified in § 642.27(a) or

(b).

(r) Transfer at sea from one vessel to

another an Atlantic group king or

Spanish mackerel subject to a

commercial trip limit, as specified in

§ 642.27(f).

* * * * *

3. In § 642.27, paragraphs (a) through

(e) are redesignated as paragraphs (b)

through (f), respectively; in newly

redesignated paragraph (b), the

introductory text is removed; in newly

redesignated paragraphs (c) and (d), the

references to ‘‘paragraph (a)(2) of this

section’’ are removed and ‘‘paragraph

(b)(2) of this section’’ is added in their

places; in newly redesignated paragraph

(f) introductory text and in newly

redesignated paragraph (f)(2) the term

‘‘Spanish mackerel’’ is removed and

‘‘king or Spanish mackerel’’ is added in

its place; the section heading is revised;

and paragraph (a) and newly

redesignated paragraph (b) heading are

added to read as follows:

§ 642.27 Commercial trip limits for Atlantic

group king and Spanish mackerel.

(a) Atlantic group king mackerel. (1)

North of a line extending directly east

from the Volusia/Flagler County,

Florida boundary (29°25’ N. lat.) to the

outer limit of the EEZ, king mackerel in

or from the EEZ may not be possessed

on board or landed from a vessel in a

day in amounts exceeding 3,500 lb

(1,588 kg).

(2) In the area between lines

extending directly east from the

northern and southern boundaries of

Volusia County, Florida (29°25’ N. lat.

and 28°47.8’ N. lat., respectively) to the

outer limit of the EEZ, king mackerel in

or from the EEZ may not be possessed

on board or landed from a vessel in a

day in amounts exceeding 3,500 lb

(1,588 kg) from April 1 through October

31.

(3) In the area between lines

extending directly east from the

Volusia/Brevard County, Florida

boundary (28°47.8’ N. lat.) to the outer

limit of the EEZ and directly east from

the Dade/Monroe County, Florida

boundary (25°20.4’ N. lat.) to the outer

boundary of the EEZ, king mackerel in

or from the EEZ may not be possessed

on board or landed from a vessel in a

day in amounts exceeding 500 lb (227

kg) from April 1 through October 31.

(4) In the area between lines

extending directly east from the Dade/

Monroe County, Florida boundary

(25°20.4’ N. lat.) to the outer boundary

of the EEZ and directly west from the

Monroe/Collier County, Florida

boundary (28°48’ N. lat.) to the outer

boundary of the EEZ, king mackerel in

or from the EEZ may not be possessed

on board or landed from a vessel in a

day in amounts exceeding 1250 lb (567

kg) from April 1 through October 31.

(b) Atlantic group Spanish mackerel.

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