The National Marine Fisheries Service received an application for an EFP from Texas A&M University.
If granted, the EFP would allow harvest of speckled hind in the federal waters of the South Atlantic. The samples would be used to assess speckled hind population structure, connectivity, and life history.
The EFP would be valid from the date of issuance of the EFP through August 31, 2022.
A right whale breaching. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Christin Khan
Sunset at a North Carolina beach. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Todd Kellison.
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. Credit: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #20556-01.
