NMFS Proposes Measures to Reduce Dolphin Bycatch and Sea Turtle Incidental Take

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing new management measures to reduce the accidental killing and injury of bottlenose dolphins in the mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet fishery and other fisheries in the western North Atlantic, as well as restrictions on fishing activities to protect endangered sea turtles in North Carolina and Virginia waters.