{"id":9115,"date":"2016-03-01T13:39:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=9115"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:49:40","slug":"new-critical-habitat-areas-for-north-atlantic-right-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/new-critical-habitat-areas-for-north-atlantic-right-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"New critical habitat areas for North Atlantic right whales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 Effective Feb. 26, NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) was designating two expanded North Atlantic right whale critical habitat areas to replace the existing critical habitat boundaries established in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>NMFS proposed the new areas last year under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) after a decade of reviewing new research into the distribution, calving, feeding, and prey of the right whales.<\/p>\n<p>However, the new critical habitat designations (CHD) do not implement any new regulations expanding the existing gear restrictions or management measures for commercial fisheries, said Mark Minton, fisheries biologist for the Protected Resources Div. of NOAA\u2019s Greater Atlantic Regional Office (GARFO).<\/p>\n<p>Those restrictions are intended to protect right whales directly, not their habitat, and are promulgated under the Marine Mammal Act\u2019s Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.<\/p>\n<p>Plan regulations are developed in consultation with the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team which includes commercial fishing industry members, conservationists, researchers, and state biologists.<\/p>\n<p>Critical habitat areas must meet two criteria to be designated:&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"CFN-3_16-cover\" src=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/CFN-3_16-cover-243x300.jpg\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" \/>Get the rest of this story in the March issue of\u00a0<em>Commercial Fisheries News &#8211;\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>please\u00a0choose from the\u00a0following options<i><\/i>:<strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BUY a Single PRINT edition of CFN that is delivered by MAIL.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Single Issue \u2013 Print Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/products-page-2\/2015\/print-single-issue\/\">Click Here for PRINT EDITION<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quickly enjoy ONLINE access with our feature packed flip-book.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a title=\"March 2016\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/products-page-2\/2016\/march-2016\/\">PURCHASE ONLINE EDITION<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>(Read online flip-book immediately with access key and download a copy for yourself. \u00a0Not sure?\u00a0<a title=\"Free Online Flipbooks\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/free-online-flipbooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">SAMPLE HERE<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAVE BIG when you\u00a0<a title=\"Subscriptions\" href=\"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/subscriptions\/\">SUBSCRIBE<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"ninja-children-wrap\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 Effective Feb. 26, NOAA Fisheries (NMFS) was designating two expanded North Atlantic right whale critical habitat areas to replace the existing critical habitat boundaries established in 1994. 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