Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP)
other · whale · Published 2006-04-06 · Effective 2006-04-08 · 71 FR 17360
Document
Document number
06-3285
Federal Register citation
71 FR 17360
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule.
Category
other
Species
whale
Publication date
2006-04-06
Effective date
2006-04-08
NOAA docket
Docket No. 030221039-6088-29
Abstract
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of the ALWTRP's implementing regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot and anchored gillnet fishermen in an area totaling approximately 1,514 nm\2\ ( 5,193 km\2\), southeast of the Great South Channel, for 15 days. The purpose of this action is to provide protection to an aggregation of northern right whales (right whales).