Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan (POCTRP)
Overview
The goal of the Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan (POCTRP) is to reduce serious injuries and deaths of several marine mammal stocks incidental to the California/Oregon thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet fishery. The strategic marine mammal stocks currently of most concern include short-beaked common dolphins, long-beaked common dolphins, short-finned pilot whales, and Northern right whale dolphins.
The Plan
- Final Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan [pdf]
(62 FR 51805, October 3, 1997) - Final POCTRP Environmental Assessment [pdf]
(September 1997) - Interim Final Rule to Amend Pinger Specifications [pdf]
(64 FR 3431, January 22, 1999)
The Team
- List of POCTRT Members [pdf]
- Team Recommendations, by Year
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