Comment from Ellen Schousboe

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2008-0310-0018
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: January 21 2010, at 07:10 PM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: March 4 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: December 31 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: March 1 2010, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80a81b87
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Availability of Amendment 31 to the Fishery Management Plan: Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico

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I am in favor of stricter rules, such as Amendment 31, for longline fishing. Longline fishing is a destructive method which causes significant death to endangered and threatened sea animal species. The limits for "acceptable" bycatch should be reduced to smaller numbers, especially in areas where endangered animals breed, and I agree with the decision to prohibit longline fishing close to reefs fisheries. Ellen Schousboe

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