Economic Analysis for the Final Environmental Impact Statement of the North Atlantic Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Strategy

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Nathan Associates, Inc. ; Earth Tech (Firm) ; United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) ; NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
• Description:
  Nathan Associates Inc. was retained by Earth Tech, a NMFS contractor, to conduct the economic analysis for the final EIS (FEIS) of the proposed North Atlantic right whale ship strike reduction operational measures. The FEIS updates and expands the economic analysis that Nathan Associates conducted in 2004-2005 for the draft Environmental Assessment and in 2006 for the draft EIS (DEIS). The FEIS will also evaluate a range of alternatives to reduce mortality to right whales due to ship strikes based on a suite of possible mitigation measures.
• Keywords:
  Economics North Atlantic Right Whales North Atlantic Right Whales United States. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
• Format:
  pdf
• Publisher:
  https://ror.org/03fy33a80
• Document Type:
  Non-series Report
• Place as Subject:
  Atlantic Ocean
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:977b87117493b175c364fb5adaedb0bf5a9c2e70acf237e662e6d8c532026443901c1e1f22bf58119a29ce1f3339ba2a8770ab774e66b0155b6a723d1f007b16
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/70629/noaa_70629_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.34 MB ]