National Marine Fisheries Service : improved economic analysis and evaluation strategies needed for proposed changes to Atlantic large whale protection plan : report to the ranking member, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senate.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) developed the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction (ALWTR) plan to protect endangered large whales from entanglements in commercial fishing gear, which can cause injury or death. Because whales continued to die after the ALWTR plan went into effect, NMFS p...
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