NMFS Closes Western Zone of Gulf of Mexico to King Mackerel Fishing Due to Quota Reach

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has implemented a temporary final rule to close the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico to commercial king mackerel fishing on November 17, 2015, due to the expected quota for king mackerel in the western zone being reached by that date, in order to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.