Comment from Marie Dutto

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2013-0087-0028
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: May 21 2013, at 07:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: May 29 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: April 22 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: May 22 2013, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 1jx-85gn-fa7p
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

List of Fisheries for 2013

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I strongly support that the California drift gillnet fishery for swordfish and thresher shark be added as a Category I fishery as defined by the Marine Mammal Protection Act in the 2013 List of Fisheries (RIN: 0648-BC71). This action is necessary after the take of two protected sperm whales in 2010 and the continued threats this fishery has on the survival of fin whales, humpack whales, and all Pacific marine mammals. The California drift gillnet fishery is indiscriminate and outdated, and its continued deadly impacts to protected species of marine mammals, sea turtles, and sharks must be halted. Due to the illegal bycatch of protected species that regularly occurs in this fishery, and its potential impacts to imperiled white sharks proposed for Endangered Species Act listing, this fishery should be closed and alternatives sought. Sincerely,

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