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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.

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Animal Welfare Institute filed 1 comment on this docket between Oct 11, 2022 and Oct 11, 2022. 16 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1386d ago.

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Oct 11, 2022· Comment from Animal Welfare Institute· NOAA-NMFS-2022-0091-4475

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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.

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