ATLANTIC LARGE WHALE TAKE REDUCTION PLAN

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For Federal Register documents and other information related to The Plan, Dynamic Area Management, Seasonal Area Management, Gear Research and Development, Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network, Right Whale Sightings Advisory System, and Whale Research see the link to “The Plan” above.

2009 Northeast Region Fishing Gear Exchange Project FR Notice (07/16/09) Federal Funding Opportunity Announcement 2008 2009 Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program Funding Opportunity Marine Mammal Commission's FY 2008 Funding Opportunity (deadline 07/15/08) MMAP 2008 Information Northeast Region MMAP details TRP's for Atlantic Fisheries (01/08/08) Southeast Region MMAP details NMFS/IFAW Gear Marking Device RFP Full Details and How To Apply Download RFP 2007 MMAP 2007 Information NER Permit Holder Letter (01/30/07) LOF Category I & II Definitions and Codes (01/30/07) NER LOF Information Sheet (01/30/07) SER Permit Holder Letter (04/10/07) Observer Coverage Fact Sheet (April 2007) SER Observer Coverage Letter for NC (09/29/2006) MMAP General Information (April 2007) 2006 MMAP 2006 Information SER Permit Holder Letter (03/16/06) Observer Coverage Fact Sheet (March 2006) MMAP General Information (March 2006) LOF Category I & II Definitions and Fishery ID No. (03/03/06) Guide to Reporting Whale Sightings NER Permit Holder Letter (03/03/06) NER LOF Information Sheet (03/03/06) 2005 Information on Low Profile Groundline Workshops Summary of the 2005 Low Profile Meetings 2006 Right Whale Competitive Grants RFP Application Deadline Extended (07/27/05) Revised Recovery Plan for North Atlantic Right Whales Notice of Availability (06/02/05) News Release (06/01/05) MMAP 2005 Information SER Permit Holder Letter (04/20/05) SER LOF Information Sheet (04/20/05) LOF Category I & II Definitions and Codes (12/30/04) NER Permit Holder Letter (12/30/04) NER LOF Information Sheet (12/30/04) 2004 Notice of Availability of the Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the North Atlantic Right Whale (08/31/04) Final Rule Establishing the Zero Mortality Rate Goal (ZMRG) (07/20/04) MMAP 2004 SER Permit Holder Letter (01/22/04) 2003 MMAP 2004 NER Permit Holder Letter (10/29/03) MMAP NER List of Fisheries Information Sheet (10/29/03) MMAP NER LOF Category I & II Definitions and Codes (October 2003) Twelve Month Response to Right Whale Critical Habitat Petition (08/28/03) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Definition of Zero Mortality Rate Goal (ZMRG) (07/16/03) 2002 Special Message to Gillnet and Trap/Pot Fishermen (12/23/02) Notice on Petition to Revise Critical Habitat (11/19/02) Salvador To Work with Mid-Atlantic Fishermen on Reducing Entanglements (10/11/02) Right Whales in Great South Channel - Notice to mariners and fishermen (06/11/02) Report of the Atlantic Whale Fishing Gear Advisory Workshop held in Rhode Island May 6-8, 2002

Photo: NOAA Photo: NOAA Whale Plan Updates May 2001 September 2000 June 2000 May 2000 April 2000

For more information on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, please contact
the NOAA Fisheries Northeast Regional Office's Protected Resources Division at 978-281-9328

Last Updated: March 30, 2010