Commercial trip limit for King Mackerel will drop to 500 pounds beginning Monday

The Commercial King Mackerel Trip Limit will be cut in the Northern West Coast Florida Subzone beginning on Monday.

NOAA Fisheries Service will cut the daily commercial vessel trip limit to 500 pounds beginning 12:01 a.m. on October 13th.

The trip limit reduction is being implemented because 75 percent of the annual quota of almost 178 thousand pounds has been reached.

The 500-pound daily trip limit will remain in effect the quota is reached or through the end of the fishing year which is June 30, 2013, whichever occurs first.

This affected are is located in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico east of the Alabama/Florida state line and along Florida's west coast to the Lee/Collier County line.

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