# Sea Turtle Conservation; Restrictions to Fishing Activities
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; request for comments. · Published 2001-05-25 · Effective 2001-05-25 · 66 FR 28842
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-13170
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Species:** sea turtle
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 28842
- **Publication date:** 2001-05-25
- **Effective date:** 2001-05-25
- **NOAA docket:** I.D. 040401B
## Abstract

NMFS is establishing conditions for the closure of the large- mesh gillnet fishery for monkfish in the mid-Atlantic to prevent unauthorized takings of sea turtles listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/05/25/01-13170/sea-turtle-conservation-restrictions-to-fishing-activities)
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