Center for Sportfishing Policy: Marine Recreation Industry Commends NOAA Fisheries on Rejecting Petition to Establish Vessel Speed Restrictions in the Gulf of Mexico
October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 31 -- The Center for Sportfishing Policy (formerly the Center for Coastal Conservation) issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023:
The recreational fishing and boating community is applauding the decision by NOAA Fisheries to deny a petition to establish a year-round 10-knot (11 mph) vessel speed limit and other vessel-related measures in the Rice's whale "core" habitat area in the Gulf of Mexico.
The petitioners were aski . . .
The recreational fishing and boating community is applauding the decision by NOAA Fisheries to deny a petition to establish a year-round 10-knot (11 mph) vessel speed limit and other vessel-related measures in the Rice's whale "core" habitat area in the Gulf of Mexico.
The petitioners were aski . . .