Implementation of Fish and Fish Product Import Provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act-Notification of Rejection of Petition and Issuance of Comparability Findings

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has rejected a petition for emergency rulemaking from Sea Shepherd Legal and issued comparability findings for New Zealand's West Coast North Island multi-species set net fishery and West Coast North Island multi-species trawl fishery, following a review of documentary evidence and scientific literature.