# Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing Operations; Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Regulations
> **Rule** · Temporary rule; emergency final rule. · Published 2023-02-03 · Effective 2023-02-01 · 88 FR 7362
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-02185
- **Category:** fishery-mgmt
- **Species:** whale
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 7362
- **Publication date:** 2023-02-03
- **Effective date:** 2023-02-01
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. FR-230130-0030
## Abstract

NMFS is extending a temporary emergency rule to prohibit trap/ pot fishery buoy lines between federal and state waters within the Massachusetts Restricted Area (MRA) from February through April 2023 to reduce the incidental mortality and serious injury of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in commercial lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. This emergency rule extension is necessary to reduce the risk of right whale mortality and serious injury caused by buoy lines in an area with a high co-occurrence of whales and buoy lines.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/02/03/2023-02185/taking-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-commercial-fishing-operations-atlantic-large-whale-take)
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