Petition for Sea Turtle Protection in Sea Scallop Fishery On July 7, 2004, NOAA Fisheries published a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking from the Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) and the Garden State Seafood Association to develop and implement an emergency rule pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require specific modifications to the fishing gear used by Atlantic sea scallop vessels fishing sough of Long Island and north of Cape Hatteras, from May 1 through October 15. The gear measures requested are the installation of a chain mesh configuration “turtle chains” in dredge gear and the installation of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in trawl gear. Comments will be accepted through August 6, 2004. Petition for Sea Turtle Protection in Sea Scallop Fishery On July 7, 2004, NOAA Fisheries published a notice of receipt of a petition for rulemaking from the Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) and the Garden State Seafood Association to develop and implement an emergency rule pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require specific modifications to the fishing gear used by Atlantic sea scallop vessels fishing sough of Long Island and north of Cape Hatteras, from May 1 through October 15. The gear measures requested are the installation of a chain mesh configuration “turtle chains” in dredge gear and the installation of turtle excluder devices (TEDs) in trawl gear. Comments will be accepted through August 6, 2004.
