Comments for Proposed Changes to MMPA List of Fisheries for 2025

Andrianna NatsoulasLetters, Resources

Don’t Cage Our Oceans submitted comments to the Office of Protected Resources stating that we support NOAA’s proposal to classify certain aquaculture gear as “analogous” to gear used in commercial fisheries; indeed, a cluster of multiple net pens for finfish aquaculture, each possessing several mooring lines, do and will threaten the lives and behavior patterns of marine mammals. Read the full comments.