fishery-mgmt · atlantic hms · sea turtle · Published 2001-12-13 · 66 FR 64378
Document
Document number
01-30829
Federal Register citation
66 FR 64378
Type
Rule
Action
Emergency rule; extension of expiration date; request for comments.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Region
atlantic hms
Species
sea turtle
Publication date
2001-12-13
NOAA docket
Docket No. 010710169-1169-01
Abstract
NMFS extends the expiration date of the emergency rule that closed the Northeast Distant Statistical Reporting (NED) Area to pelagic longline fishing, required modifications in deploying pelagic longline fishing gear, and required sea turtle handling and release guidelines for bottom and pelagic longline fisheries to be posted in the wheelhouse. This extension is necessary to maintain the reduction in bycatch and bycatch mortality of loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles in the Atlantic bottom and pelagic longline fisheries as required by the June 14, 2001, Biological Opinion (BiOp).