Commercial fishermen get eight more days to catch Spanish mackerel in the Atlantic

US regulators have temporarily reopened commercial fishing for Spanish mackerel in the northern Atlantic. This allows fishermen to catch more fish after regulators approved moving unused quota from the southern zone.

Fishing quotas are usually set once a year and are strict. This small, temporary change means regulators can be flexible when fish populations are healthy and unused quota exists elsewhere. It allows fishermen to make more money from a resource that would otherwise go unharvested.