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Marine mammal protection issues / Derek L. Caruana, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Fish, fishing and fisheries.
- Fish, fishing and fisheries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
- United States.
- United States. National Marine Fisheries Service.
- Marine mammals--Conservation--Government policy--United States.
- Marine mammals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) developed a plan to protect endangered large whales from entanglements in commercial fishing gear, which can cause injury or death. As whales continued to die, revisions to the plan were proposed in 2005. This book discusses these issues and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
- Contents:
- The Marine Mammal Protection Act
- reauthorization issues / Eugene H. Buck
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- improved economic analysis and evaluation strategies needed for proposed changes to Atlantic large whale protection plan / GAO
- improvements are needed in the federal process used to protect marine mammals from commercial fishing / GAO.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-61470-211-X
- OCLC:
- 830627812
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