Docket NOAA-NMFS-2025-0041 · Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
Tell NOAA what these rules do to your fishing operation and your community
NOAA is deciding what the whale rules will look like after 2028. They are taking comments from anyone who wants to send one. Nobody has to be a lawyer to do this. We need your comment.
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Docket NOAA-NMFS-2025-0041 · Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
Tell NOAA what these rules do to your fishing operation and your community
NOAA is deciding what the whale rules will look like after 2028. They are taking comments from anyone who wants to send one. Nobody has to be a lawyer to do this. We need your comment.
Take a look at the questions below. Answer the ones you feel strongly about. Leave the rest blank. Two real answers land harder than four thin ones. Write it the way you would say it.
When you are done, click “Build My Letter.” This builds a letter you can change, copy, and paste into the federal comment form. Or you can download it and add to your comment as an attachment. Your answers stay on your phone or computer until you send them.
Your boat
This gets turned into the opening of your letter.
Everything you send goes on a public website, including your name and home port. Anyone can read it. You can comment anonymously by leaving those areas blank.
What you have to say
Four questions. Answer the ones you want. Skip any of them. The bullet points below can help you write your answers.
Your letter
CopiedRead it over and change anything you want. It is your letter, not ours.
Going over is fine. If your letter is longer than the box holds, download it and send the whole thing as an attachment instead.