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PROPOSED RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes; 2004 list,
Published: 2004-04-13
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is publishing the
proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2004, as required by the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The proposed LOF for 2004 reflects new
information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine
mammals. NMFS must categorize each commercial fishery on the LOF into
one of
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-12-20
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA,
announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of
the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan's (ALWTRP's) implementing
regulations. These regulations apply to lobster trap/pot and anchored
gillnet fishermen in an area totaling approximately 1,889 square
nautical miles
RULES: Commercial fishing operations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-04-20
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 1,347 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (4,620 km\2\) east of
Boston, MA through
PROPOSED RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Zero Mortality Rate Goal; mortality and serious injury threshold level,
Published: 2004-04-29
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was enacted in 1972 with the ideal of eliminating
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mortality and serious injury of marine mammals incidental to commercial
fishing operations. In 1994, Congress amended the MMPA and established
a requirement that the level of incidental mortality and serious injury
of marine mammals be reduced
RULES: Commercial fishing operations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-04-30
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 1,084 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (3,718 km\2\) east of
Nantucket, MA for 15
PROPOSED RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes; 2004 list,
Published: 2004-05-13
On April 13, 2004, the proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for
2004 under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was published in the
Federal Register. NMFS is extending the comment period on this proposed
LOF to June 14, 2004.
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Zero Mortality Rate Goal; implementation,
Published: 2004-07-20
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was enacted in 1972
with the ideal of eliminating mortality and serious injury of marine
mammals incidental to commercial fishing operations. In 1994, Congress
amended the MMPA and established a requirement for fisheries to reduce
incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals to
insignificant
RULES: Commercial fishing operations—; Commercial fisheries authorization; list of fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes; correction,
Published: 2004-02-11
NMFS issued a final rule to implement a new management regime
for the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to commercial
fishing operations, which was published in the Federal Register on
August 30, 1995. The purpose of this document is to correct an
unintended error in the definition of ``negligible impact,'' which
provides a
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-07-22
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 1,638 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (5,618 km\2\) in July
and approximately
RULES: Commercial fishing operations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-02-25
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 1,896 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (6,503 km\2\), east
of Portsmouth, NH. The
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes; 2004 list,
Published: 2004-08-10
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is publishing its
final List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2004, as required by the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The final LOF for 2004 reflects new
information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine
mammals. NMFS must categorize each commercial fishery on the LOF into
one of three
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-03-02
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA,
announces temporary restrictions consistent with the requirements of
the ALWTRP's implementing regulations. These regulations make changes
to the area for restrictions that were provided in a temporary rule
published in the Federal Register on February 25, 2004, and apply to
lobster trap/pot
RULES: Incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-08-23
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 1,942 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (6,660 km\2\),
southeast of Cape Cod, MA,
RULES: Commercial fishing operations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-03-12
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 1,518 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (5,206.6 km\2\), east
of Portsmouth, NH,
RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-08-31
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 2,600 square nautical miles (nm2) (8,918 km\2\), east of
Cape Ann, MA, for 15
RULES: Commercial fishing operations; incidental taking—; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan,
Published: 2004-03-23
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 1,894 square nautical miles (nm\2\) (6,496.2 km\2\) in
March and 1,230 nm\2\
PROPOSED RULES: Commercial fishing authorizations—; Fisheries categorized according to frequency of incidental takes; 2005 list,
Published: 2004-12-02
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is publishing the
proposed List of Fisheries (LOF) for 2005, as required by the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The proposed LOF for 2005 reflects new
information on interactions between commercial fisheries and marine
mammals. NMFS must categorize each commercial fishery on the LOF into
one of
