Pacific Offshore Cetacean Take Reduction Plan (POCTRP)
 Long-Beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) Photo: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center  Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) Photo: NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center  Northern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis) Photo: Janice Waite, NOAA |
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
More Information
