New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins A new
implements additional requirements designed to reduce the serious injury and death of bottlenose dolphins stock in the mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fishery and eight other coastal fisheries. This rule also revises the large mesh size restriction under the mid-Atlantic large mesh gillnet rule for conservation of endangered and threatened sea turtles to provide consistency among Federal and state management measures. The measures contained in this final rule will implement gillnet effort reduction, gear proximity requirements, gear or gear deployment modifications, and outreach and education measures to reduce bottlenose dolphin bycatch.
The new regulations will take effect on May 26, 2006. Several of the originally proposed measures were not finalized; read the final rule for an explanation of these changes. Supporting documents are also available
online.For more information, contact
Kr*********@no**.gov.New Rule to Protect Bottlenose Dolphins
A new
final ruleimplements additional requirements designed to reduce the serious injury and death of bottlenose dolphins stock in the mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fishery and eight other coastal fisheries. This rule also revises the large mesh size restriction under the mid-Atlantic large mesh gillnet rule for conservation of endangered and threatened sea turtles to provide consistency among Federal and state management measures. The measures contained in this final rule will implement gillnet effort reduction, gear proximity requirements, gear or gear deployment modifications, and outreach and education measures to reduce bottlenose dolphin bycatch.
The new regulations will take effect on May 26, 2006. Several of the originally proposed measures were not finalized; read the final rule for an explanation of these changes. Supporting documents are also available
online.For more information, contact
Kr*********@no**.gov.