Agency Considers Allowing Gill Nets In Turtle Sanctuary
September 30, 2006 @ 03:19 PM (EST)
Source: Montereyherald.com
The National Marine Fisheries Service is considering whether to allow gill net fishing until Nov. 15 in the leatherback sea turtle conservation area off the California and Oregon coasts.
The Leatherback Conservation Area was designated in 2001 by the Fisheries Service, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, between Point Sur and the central Oregon Coast to protect the turtles from being killed as by-catch by gill net fishers...
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