National Bycatch Program
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| Bycatch can have significant social, environmental, and economic impacts. As part of its National Bycatch Strategy, NOAA's Fisheries Service is committed to implementing conservation and management measures for living marine resources that will minimize, to the extent practicable, bycatch and the mortality of bycatch that cannot be avoided. |
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| Proposed Rule: Request for Comments Proposed regulatory amendment to increase the maximum retainable amounts of groundfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. This rule is designed to minimize potential for discards. |
| Submit comments by October 15, 2012. |
| Grant Opportunity: Monkfish Research Possible research topics include bycatch reduction. Application deadline is September 27, 2012. |
| Summary • Announcement • Application |
Bycatch in the News
- 01/18/2013
- Marine Fisheries Review features articles on bycatch
- 11/02/2012
- Final Rule to Revise Limits on Sea Turtle Interactions in the Hawaii Shallow-Set Longline Fishery
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Implement Framework Adjustment 23 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP This rule, among other things, describes turtle deflector dredge requirements.
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Revise Swordfish Trip Limits in the Hawaii Deep-Set Longline Fishery This rule is intended to reduce regulatory discards and optimize the yield of swordfish.
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Implement Amendment 93 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska This amendment establishes protected species catch limits for Chinook salmon.
- 09/19/2012
- Final Rule to Amend the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan
