Petition for Rulemaking to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Bottom Longline Fishery

3 organizations filed 4 public comments on Petition for Rulemaking to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Bottom Longline Fishery, at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The comment window closed 6332d ago.

Abstract

NMFS received two petitions for rulemaking under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and Endangered Species Act from non-governmental agencies. One petition was from Oceana and the other from the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Earthjustice, Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Gulf Restoration Network, and Turtle Island Restoration Network. The petitions ask for rulemaking to reduce sea turtle bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico reef fish bottom longline fishery.

Commenters (3)

• Center for Biological Diversity

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Coastal Conservation Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Southern Offshore Fishing Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%