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Environmental assessment (EA), regulatory impact review and regulatory flexibility act analysis of bottlenose dolphin conservation measures to amend the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan and Sea Turtle conservation regulations
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2014
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Description:"The NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office has submitted the subject final amendment for review and implementation by the Secretary of Commerce. The final amendment requires the year-round use of modified pound net leaders on offshore nets fished in southern Virginia waters of the mainstem Chesapeake and state coastal waters. It also requires fishermen to attend a one-time compliance training before setting modified pound net leaders. The amendment is necessary to ensure conservation of strategic stocks of bottlenose dolphins by reducing serious injuries and deaths in the Virginia pound net fishery"--Cover letter summary.
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