With the help of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team, we developed the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan in 1997 to reduce the level of serious injury and mortality of three strategic stocks of large whales (North Atlantic right, humpback, and fin) in commercial gillnet and trap/pot fisheries.| NOAA
Learn about the laws and policies that govern our work including the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and NEPA.| NOAA