Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
other · whale · Published 2002-07-01 · Effective 2002-07-01 · 67 FR 44092
Document
Document number
02-16537
Federal Register citation
67 FR 44092
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule.
Category
other
Species
whale
Publication date
2002-07-01
Effective date
2002-07-01
NOAA docket
Docket No. 001128334-2158-09
Abstract
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions, which include both mandatory and voluntary measures, consistent with the requirements of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP) implementing regulations. These restrictions apply to lobster trap and anchored gillnet fishermen in an area totaling approximately 3,500 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (6,486 km\2\) in the Great South Channel area, east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for 15 days. The purpose of this action is to provide immediate protection to an unexpectedly high aggregation of North Atlantic right whales (right whales).