HARBOR PORPOISE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN

NOAA Fisheries Service implemented the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan (HPTRP) to reduce interactions between harbor porpoise and commercial gillnet gear capable of catching multispecies in both the New England and the Mid-Atlantic. The Plan has several components including restrictions on where, when, and how gear can be set.  In some areas the Plan requires the use of acoustic deterrent devices called Pingers.

Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Photo by Ari Friedlaender

What’s New

• Bulletin: Reminder of Coastal Gulf of Maine Closure in February 2013
• Bulletin: Temporary Shift of the Coastal Gulf of Maine Closure Area
• Bulletin: Implementation of the Coastal Gulf of Maine Closure Area in October 2012
• New England Consequence Closure Area Information

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