RULES: Commercial fishing operations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2000-12-21
NMFS is issuing an interim final rule to amend the regulations
implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP). The
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (ALWTRT) recommended
modifications to the ALWTRP to further reduce whale entanglement. The
intent of this interim final rule is to implement the recommendations
of the
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Atlantic large whale take reduction plan; gear marketing requirements suspended,
Published: 2000-11-22
This final rule removes and reserves the northeast U.S. fisheries gear
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marking requirements implementing the Atlantic Large Whale Take
Reduction Plan (ALWTRP). These requirements were suspended until
November 1, 2000. It was the agency's intent to extend that suspension
indefinitely until a modified gear marking program is
PROPOSED RULES: Incidental taking—; Harbor porpoise take reduction plan,
Published: 2000-10-27
NMFS proposes to amend the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan
(HPTRP) to include Delaware Bay, landward of the 72 COLREGS line
(International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972), in
the list of exempted waters. Members of the MidAtlantic Harbor
Porpoise Take Reduction Team (MATRT) recommended by consensus that NMFS
redefine the
