Overview
ID #
13245934
Document Type
Environmental Assessment
NOAA Office
National Marine Fisheries Service - Greater Atlantic Region
Document Status
Complete
Last Updated
05/21/2021
Summary
The purpose of the Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment is to implement measures that reduce impacts of fishing gear on deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Maine and on the outer continental shelf. This action would prohibit the use of mobile bottom-tending gear in two areas in the Gulf of Maine (Mount Desert Rock and Outer Schoodic Ridge), and it would prohibit the use of all gear (with an exception for red crab pots) along the outer continental shelf in waters deeper than a minimum of 600 meters.