Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on Phase 2 Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce mortality and serious injury of large whales in commercial trap/pot and gillnet fisheries along the U.S. East Coast.

17 organizations filed 18 public comments on Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on Phase 2 Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce mortality and serious injury of large whales in commercial trap/pot and gillnet fisheries along the U.S. East Coast., at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The comment window closed 1386d ago.

Abstract

This notice announces an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act to analyze the impacts to the environment of alternatives to amend the Plan. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) intends to begin a rulemaking process to amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to further reduce the risk of mortalities and serious injuries of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) and other large whales caused by incidental entanglement in commercial trap/pot and gillnet fisheries along the U.S. East Coast. This notice is necessary to inform the public of NMFS’s intent to prepare this EIS and to provide the public with an opportunity to provide input for NMFS’s consideration.

Commenters (17)

• Center for Biological Diversity

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Animaashi Sailing Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Animal Welfare Institutetrade assoc.

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

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Downeast Lobstermen’s Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Island Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resourcestrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• JRW Seafood LLCunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Lobster Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Maine Lobstering Unionunverified attribution

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

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Massachusetts Lobstermen's Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Perry Duryea & Son Inc. Montauk NY 11954unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC)

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• The Alliancetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• XI Northeast Fishery Sector Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%