Atlantic Whale Protection Plan Withdrawn

NOAA/NMFS withdrew a planned Environmental Impact Statement on Phase 2 changes to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, halting that federal environmental review of new measures to reduce whale mortality in East Coast fisheries.

Status
Backlog
Category
Environment
Geographic Scope
National
Priority Score
86

Timeline

  1. : Additional source detected: NMFS has withdrawn plans to prepare an environmental impact statement for new whale protection measures in commercial fishing operations along the East Coast. The cancelation means proposed regulations to reduce whale deaths and injuries in trap/pot and gillnet fisheries will not move forward as planned.
  2. : Issue automatically created from AI pipeline analysis. NOAA/NMFS withdrew a planned Environmental Impact Statement on Phase 2 changes to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, halting that federal environmental review of new measures to reduce whale mortality in East Coast fisheries.

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