The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Protected Resources Committee will meet via webinar on Monday September 20, 2021, from 1:00 pm to 3:30 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to review scoping materials for phase two of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan which focuses on reducing the risk of entanglement to right, humpback, and fin whales in U.S. East Coast gillnet, Atlantic mixed species trap/pot, and Mid-Atlantic lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. The measures that will be developed in phase two of this plan have the potential to impact several Council managed fisheries and the Protected Resources Committee will develop recommendations for Council engagement in the scoping process, which extends to October 21, 2021. The Council will consider these recommendations at their October meeting.
Contact: Karson Coutre, kcoutre@mafmc.org, (302) 526-5259
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