# Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
> **Rule** · Temporary rule. · Published 2002-07-01 · Effective 2002-07-01 · 67 FR 44092
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-16537
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** whale
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 44092
- **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).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/07/01/02-16537/taking-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-commercial-fishing-operations-atlantic-large-whale-take)
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