The purpose of the proposed rule and rule amendment is to create a permit that meets federal requirements for king and Spanish mackerel tournaments that donate tournament-caught king and Spanish mackerel to wholesale dealers, who then sell the fish and give the proceeds to a charity on the tournament’s behalf. Recent changes to federal rules require king and Spanish mackerel tournaments to obtain a state-issued tournament permit to continue a common practice of donating tournament-caught king and Spanish mackerel to wholesale dealers, who then sell the fish and give the proceeds to a charity on the tournament’s behalf. These federal rule changes are intended to address concerns that tournament-caught fish sold by wholesale dealers are “double counted” toward both recreational and commercial quotas, even though they are recreationally-caught. The effect of the proposed rule and rule amendment is that tournaments would be able to comply with federal requirements while continuing the common practice of donating their fish to wholesale dealers for a charitable donation on behalf of the tournament. This practice has the added benefit of minimizing waste of mackerel, which are not always kept by tournament anglers for consumption.