Modifications to Commercial King Mackerel Gillnet Trip Limits, Accountability Measures, and Electronic Reporting Requirements, and Elimination of Latent Gillnet Permits in the Gulf of Mexico (a.k.a. Framework Amendment 3 to Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP).

The purpose of this proposed action is to modify trip limits, accountability measures, electronic reporting requirements, and gillnet permits for commercial king mackerel landed by gillnet in the Gulf of Mexico. The need for this proposed action is to increase efficiency, stability, and accountability, and reduce the potential for regulatory discards in the commercial king mackerel gillnet component of the fishery.