King Mackerel quotas and Gulf South Atlantic split proposal
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council updates stock data showing two King Mackerel groups. South Atlantic stock remains plentiful while the Gulf group is overfished. New quotas set at 28 million pounds for recreation and 9 million for commercial fishing, with an emergency amendment to share excess Kings between sectors when limits are reached. Public hearings planned to discuss amendment. An artificial reef project in Bay County Florida plans to dismantle obsolete Navy platforms Stage I and II to create reefs offshore St Andrews Bay, with details on placement, depths, and buoy marking.