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Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan

fishery-mgmt · dolphin · Published 2008-12-19 · Effective 2009-01-20 · 73 FR 77531

Document

Document number
E8-30241
Federal Register citation
73 FR 77531
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Species
dolphin
Publication date
2008-12-19
Effective date
2009-01-20
NOAA docket
Docket No. 080407531-8840-02

Abstract

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issues this final rule amending the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan's (BDTRP) implementing regulations by extending, for an additional three years, fishing restrictions expiring on May 26, 2009. This action continues, without modification, current nighttime fishing restrictions of medium mesh gillnets operating in the North Carolina portion of the Winter-Mixed Management Unit during the winter. Medium mesh fishing restrictions are extended for an additional three years to ensure continued conservation of the Western North Atlantic coastal bottlenose dolphin stock, should a directed spiny dogfish fishery reemerge in North Carolina.

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Federal Register document
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