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Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations

endangered-species · whale · Published 2014-06-27 · Effective 2014-08-26 · 79 FR 36586

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Document number
2014-14936
Federal Register citation
79 FR 36586
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Species
whale
Publication date
2014-06-27
Effective date
2014-08-26
NOAA docket
Docket No. 130201095-4400-02

Abstract

NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (Plan). This rule revises the management measures for reducing the incidental mortality and serious injury to the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), and fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) in commercial trap/pot and gillnet fisheries to further the goals of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The measures identified in the Plan are also intended to benefit minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), which are not classified as strategic stocks under the MMPA, but are known to be taken incidentally in commercial fisheries.

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