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Bycatch Reduction Engineering Program

National Bycatch Report

2011 WWF International Smart Gear Competition

Bycatch can have significant social, environmental, and economic impacts. As part of its National Bycatch Strategy, NOAA's Fisheries Service is committed to implementing conservation and management measures for living marine resources that will minimize, to the extent practicable, bycatch and the mortality of bycatch that cannot be avoided.

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National Bycatch Reduction Engineering Grant Program
•	Announcement of Federal Funding Opportunity
•	Take Reduction Team and Endangered Species Act Research Priorities
•	Bycatch-Related Fishery Management Council Research Priorities

Due Dates:		Letter of Intent - 5/4/12
		Full Proposal - 5/25/12


•	NOAA Releases First National Bycatch Report [Download]
•	Seabird Bycatch Estimates for Alaskan Groundfish Fisheries
•	Final Rule: Implement American Samoa Longline Gear Modifications to Reduce Sea Turtle Interactions
•	Final Rule: Modify Retention of Highly Migratory Species in Atlantic Trawl Fisheries
•	Final Rule: Implement Framework Adjustment 22 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP (includes measures to minimize impacts to turtles)
•	Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

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