NMFS Issues Final Rule to Reduce Marine Mammal Mortality in California/Oregon Drift Gillnet Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a final rule requiring new training, equipment, and gear modifications for commercial fishing operators and vessels in the California/Oregon drift gillnet fishery to reduce the level of mortality and serious injury of several marine mammal stocks, including thresher sharks and swordfish, that occur incidentally to fishing operations.