Modification of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan

24 organizations filed 26 public comments on Modification of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The comment window closed 1975d ago.

Abstract

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) intends to amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (Plan) to reduce the risk of serious injuries and mortalities to North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and other large whales caused by entanglement in commercial lobster and crab trap/pot fisheries along the northeast U.S. East Coast.

Commenters (24)

• Aquarium Conservation Partnershiptrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)trade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Acadia Institute of Oceanography student letterstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• American Clean Power Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Center for Biological Diversity

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Cetacean Society Internationaltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Conservation Law Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Davis and Laporte Rewilding Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Desert Star Systems LLCunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Georgia Aquarium Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Humane Society Legislative Fundtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Lobster Express Incunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Lobster Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Maine Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resourcestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Maine Lobster Dealers' Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Maine Lobstering Unionunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Massachusetts Lobstermen's Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Northeast Seafood Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Surfrider Foundationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Taylor Lobster Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• University of Maine Lobster Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%