Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2015-2019

Josephson, Elizabeth; Wenzel, Frederick; Lyssikatos, Marjorie

doi:10.25923/sgbq-m146

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Serious injury determinations for small cetaceans and pinnipeds caught in commercial fisheries off the northeast U.S. coast, 2015-2019

2022
By Josephson, Elizabeth ; Wenzel, Frederick ; Lyssikatos, Marjorie
Series: Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document 22-03

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Personal Author:

Josephson, Elizabeth ; Wenzel, Frederick ; Lyssikatos, Marjorie
Corporate Authors:

Northeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center)
Description:

The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to estimate annual levels of human-caused mortality and serious injury to marine mammal stocks (section 117) and to categorize commercial fisheries based on their level of incidental mortality and serious injury of marine mammals (section 118).
Keywords:

Cetacea Effect Of Human Beings On Mortality Pinnipedia Wounds And Injuries Effect Of Human Beings On Wounds And Injuries
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Northeast Fisheries Science Center reference document 22-03
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/sgbq-m146
Document Type:

Reference Document
Place as Subject:

Atlantic Coast (New England)
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Public Domain
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Submitted
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https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/38934/noaa_38934_DS1.pdf
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