There are two Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) programs for commercial harvest in the Gulf of Mexico: red snapper and grouper/tilefish. These are federal programs, but they apply to all commercial harvest of red snapper, groupers, and tilefishes in both Gulf state and federal waters. Gulf IFQ program participants must follow unique requirements and procedures such as real-time, electronic tracking of vessel location harvest and quota accounting; landing notification requirements; and restictions on where and when fish can be landed and offloaded. These requirements apply to Gulf IFQ program participants regardless of where they are fishing (federal or state waters). Currently, FWC rules require all commercial harvesters that harvest or possess any IFQ-managed species in the Gulf of Mexico to have a federal Gulf IFQ vessel account. At its April 2018 meeting, the FWC Commission modified commercial regulations in Gulf state waters to be consistent with federal regulations for the commercial Gulf red snapper and Gulf grouper/tilefish individual fishing quota (IFQ) programs. The purpose of the proposed action is to add other important requirements for Gulf commercial red snapper and grouper/tilefish IFQ fisheries operations, dealer endorsements, landings, and transactions to FWC rule. This federal consistency action will allow FWC to enforce federal Gulf commercial IFQ regulations at the state level. Rule 68B-14.0045 F.A.C. will be modified to reference federal Gulf IFQ regulations, which will be outlined in the new rule 68B-14.0046, F.A.C. These rules will take effect January 1, 2019.