ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations implementing the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan (HPTRP) to address the increased incidental mortality and serious injury of the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy (GOM/BOF) stock of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnet fisheries t...

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Main Authors: Billing Code ––p, National Oceanic
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Region
Protected Resources Division
Phocoena phocoena
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.187.6761
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/by_catch/docs/harbor_porpoise_final_rule.pdf
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Summary:SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to amend the regulations implementing the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan (HPTRP) to address the increased incidental mortality and serious injury of the Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy (GOM/BOF) stock of harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnet fisheries throughout the stock’s U.S. range.

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