ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN

• Dynamic Area Management (DAM) Program Reinstatement, Permit Holder Letter (10/02/2008)
• ALWTRP Final Rule-Extension and Clarification (09/02/08)
  • Permit Holder Letter (08/29/08)
  • Press Release (08/29/08)
  • Regulatory Impact Review (RIR)
• Large Whale Serious Injury/Mortalities: 2002-2006 (February 2008)
• 2009 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Funding Opportunity (mitigating risks posed to NARW by entanglement in fishing gear- deadline October 1, 2008)
• 2008 AWLTRT Meeting Summary (July 2008)
• 2005 Large Whale Entanglement and Ship Strike Report (April 2008)
• Northeast Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Protection Guidelines for Recreational Boaters and Fishermen (April 2008)
• Information on the ALWTRP FEIS and Final Rule (10/05/07)
• ALWTRP Whale Research Matrix
• ALWTRP Gear Research Matrix
• Process for Considering Gear Modifications under the ALWTRP (October 2006)
• Information on Low Profile Groundline Workshops
  • Summary of the 2005 Low Profile Meetings

Right Whale Photo by David Wiley