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Council letter to Kevin Brindock, NOAA PIRO PRD about proposed rule to establish mandatory time-area closures for Spinner Dolphins in the MHI under the MMPA (Dec. 16, 2021)

Key Council Correspondence

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council provided comments to the National Marine Fisheries Service in response to the proposed rule to establish mandatory time-area closure of spinner dolphin essential daytime habitats at five selected sites in the Main Hawaiian Islands.

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