In January 2010, we established a Take Reduction Team (Team) to address the incidental mortality and serious injury of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in the Hawaii-based deep-set and shallow-set longline fisheries.
The goal of the Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan (Plan) is to reduce deaths and serious injuries of Atlantic coastal bottlenose dolphins incidental to commercial fishing.
The Take Reduction Team, under section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), is charged with developing a take reduction plan (Plan) to reduce bycatch of pilot whales in the Atlantic pelagic longline fishery to a level approaching a zero…