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 Gulf of Maine and the Mid-Atlantic.

What's New HPTRP Proposed Rule 7-21-09 Proposed Rule Correction 8-10-09 E-Mail comments may be submitted, identified by RIN 0648-AW51, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal http://www.regulations.gov Comments on the proposed rule must be received by 5 p.m. EST on August 20, 2009 HPTRP Proposed Rule Figures HPTRP Draft Environmental Assessment Press Release Outreach HPTRP Management Areas - View outreach graphics depicting HPTRP management areas and associated multispecies closure areas overlaid on NOAA nautical charts Guide to the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan for the Gulf of Maine Guide to the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan for the Mid-Atlantic Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Outreach and Education Meetings (Oct 2006 - Jan 2007) Past Permit Holder Letters Correspondence New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) NEFMC Letter to NOAA Fisheries (August 2, 2005) NOAA Fisheries Service Response Letter (August 23, 2005) Marine Mammal Commission (MMC) MMC Letter to NOAA Fisheries (May 23, 2005) NOAA Fisheries Service Response Letter (June 2005) Related Information List of Fisheries (LOF) – Explanation and Current LOF Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports Northeast Fisheries Science Center Protected Species Branch Fisheries Sampling Branch Incidental Take Reports Other Take Reduction Plans Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan Atlantic Trawl Gear Take Reduction Plan Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan

Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Photo by Ari Friedlaender The Plan Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations Pinger Training Information Quick Summary of the HPTRP Final Draft Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Take Reduction Team What It Is Take Reduction Team Members Take Reduction Team Meeting Summaries Enforcement Enforcement Update: Pinger Detectors Harbor Porpoise TRP Enforcement – Massachusetts Bay Closure Area (March 2006 Related Documents   Final Rule Establishing the Zero Mortality Rate Goal (ZMRG) (07/20/04) Decision on Harbor Porpoise Status (9/28/01) HP Status Review (9/28/01) Contacts.... Questions, Comments, or Suggestions

For more information on the Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan, please contact Diane Borggaard
at 978-282-8453 or Diane.Borggaard@noaa.gov

Last Updated: August 20, 2009