NMFS Reopens Public Comment Period for Gulf of Maine Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Regulations

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is extending the public comment period for proposed regulations to reduce bycatch and mortality of harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine, originally set to close on October 14, 1997, and will now reopen on December 16, 1997, for an additional 30 days until January 14, 1998.