Factoid/2003/03/18
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NOAA Not Minimizing Bycatch from Fishers
- "NMFS REJECTS NEED FOR BYCATCH RULE: NOAA announces its decision on a petition for rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act. Oceana, a non-governmental organization, petitioned the U.S. Department of Commerce to promulgate immediately a rule to establish a program to count, cap, and control bycatch in U.S. fisheries. The Oceana petition asserted that NMFS is not complying with its statutory obligations to monitor and minimize bycatch under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)." - excerpt from the Endangered Species Coalition email newsletter, For All Things Wild, March 18, 2003. See http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/bycatch.htm and also see http://stopextinction.org
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