Protected Species
What's New
Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Team (PLTRT) website
NMFS Reminds Fishermen to Avoid Harassment and Possible Injury to Large Whales Commonly Seen by Vessels Engaged in Tuna Fishing September 4, 2008
Shark Workshop Correction Email Notice and Federal Register Notice April 7, 2008
NMFS Announces Additional Shark Identification Workshops and Protected Species Handling, Disentanglement, and Identification Workshops and Federal Register Notice Mar 4, 2008
Reminder to All Pelagic Longline Fishermen Participating in Fisheries for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Sept 25, 2007
NMFS Announces Availability of a Revised List of Approved Dehooking Equipment in the Pelagic and Bottom Longline Fisheries- Email Notice and Federal Register Notice Feb 15, 2007 The list of required gear is provided below
REQUIRED GEAR
- Table 1. NMFS Approved Models for Equipment Needed for the Careful Release of Sea Turtles Caught in Hook and Line Fisheries
- NOAA Tech Memo 580. Careful Release Protocols for Sea Turtle Release with Minimal Injury
Sea Turtle Handling/Release Placards
Point of Contact for Further Information
Circle &“J” Hooks and “Drop-Back Time”: A Comparative Hook Performance Study of the South Florida Recreational Live Bait Fishery for Sailfish -- Powerpoint Presentation by E. D. Prince, D. Snodgrass, E. S. Orbesen, J. Schratwieser, & J. E. Serafy
Reduction
of Sea Turtle Bycatch and Bycatch Mortality in the Pelagic
Longline Fishery - Final Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement - June 22, 2004.
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Cover
Abstract and Table
of Contents
Chapter 1- Introduction
Chapter
2 - Summary of the Alternatives
Chapter 3 - Description
of the Affected Environment
Chapter 4 - Environmental
Consequences of Alternatives Considered
Chapter 5 - Mitigation
and Unavoidable Impacts
Chapter 6 - Economic
Evaluation
Chapter 7 - Regulatory
Impact Review
Chapter 8 - Initial Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis
Chapter 9 - Community
Profiles
Chapter 10 - Essential
Fish Habitat
Chapter 11 - Other Considerations
Chapter 12 - List of
Preparers
Chapter 13 - List of
Agencies, Organizations and Persons Consulted
Appendix A1>>Appendix
A2>>Appendix
A3>>Appendix
B1*>>Appendix
B2*>>Appendix
C1
Final Rule July 7, 2004
Biological Opinions
June 14, 2001 HMS Biological Opinion (BiOp) Regarding Interactions with Endangered Species
Oct. 29, 2003 HMS Biological Opinion (BiOp) Regarding Interactions with Endangered Species
June 1, 2004 HMS Biological Opinion Regarding Interactions with Endangered Species
March 23, 2007 HMS Biological Opinion Regarding Smalltooth Sawfish Interactions
Final Environmental Impact Statement to Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch and Bycatch Mortality in HMS FIsheries (2002):
Environmental Impact Statement .pdf version
