NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES RULE: TAKING AND IMPORTING MARINE MAMMALS; TAKING MARINE MAMMALS INCIDENTAL TO PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER FISHERIES RESEARCH

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a rule called: Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on May 16 by Samuel D. Rauch, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: NMFS' Office of Protected Resources (OPR), upon request from NMFS' Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC), hereby issues regulations to govern the unintentional taking of marine mammals incidental to fisheries research conducted in multiple specified geographical regions over the course of 5 years. These regulations, which allow ...