NOAA amendment removes swordfishing restrictions

Loggerhead sea turtle

NOAA’s Fisheries Service has removed restrictions on the number of gear deployments by the Hawaii swordfish fleet after four years of study found sea turtle protections are working and most interactions between the fleet and loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles are non-lethal.

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