Whale Protection and the Impact on North Atlantic Fisheries Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate

Hearing on the National Marine Fisheries Service's proposed rule to implement a take reduction plan for Atlantic large whales, which was completed on April 1, 1997. Technically, this rule covers fishery interactions with 4 large whale species, but due to its very small population & endangered status, the measures in the rule are targeted mostly at the northern right whale. These proposals have generated tremendous public concern in states along the U.S. mid-Atlantic & northeastern coast. Witnesses included fishermen & lobstermen & representatives of their associations; government officials involved with marine resources; & others.Snowe, Olympia J. is the author of 'Whale Protection and the Impact on North Atlantic Fisheries Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate' with ISBN 9780788182952 and ISBN 0788182951.