Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Shark Management Measures; Amendment 2 to the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan

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Center for Biological Diversity filed 1 comment on this docket between Dec 20, 2007 and Dec 20, 2007. 13 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 6798d ago.

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Abstract

NMFS announces the availability of the draft Amendment 2 to the Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and its accompanying proposed rule. Amendment 2 examines different management alternatives available to rebuild sandbar, dusky, and porbeagle sharks, consistent with the 2006 shark stock assessments, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), and other applicable law. The proposed rule to implement Amendment 2 would, among other things, allow for a limited shark research fishery for sandbar sharks, establish a trip limit for commercial harvest of non-sandbar large coastal sharks (LCS), prohibit the landing and possession of porbeagle sharks, require all sharks landed to have fins attached through landing, eliminate the regions and trimester seasons, and modify the species that can be landed by recreational fishermen. These changes could affect all fishermen who fish for sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea.

• Center for Biological DiversityTHIS ORG

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Animal Welfare Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Association of Zoos and Aquariums_Nov302007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Coastal Conservation Association 8-29-07trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Directed Shark Fisheries Inc_Nov242007unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• F J Hester PhD_Directed Shark Fisheries Inc_Nov192007unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Johns Hopkins University_Nov022007unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Mid-Atlantic Fishery Mgt Council_Nov012007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Coalition for Marine Conservation_Nov012007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Nina Council_Oct012007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Nina Council_Oct022007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Sandy Hook Sea Life Foundation_12022007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• South Atlantic Fishery Mgt Council_Oct092007trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%