NMFS Amends Regulations to Reduce Large Whale Entanglement in Southeast U.S. Waters

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has finalized a rule to restrict the use of straight sets of gillnets in the southeast U.S. restricted area off the coasts of Georgia and Florida from November 15 to March 31 annually, in an effort to reduce the risk of entanglement of large whales, including the western North Atlantic right whale.