Experts fear American fishing industry, boating at risk as Biden prioritizes climate, green energy

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Experts believe Biden is prioritizing green energy at the expense of endangered whales and the U.S. fishing industry with regulations limiting boating and commercial fishing.

won in federal court after it sued the Biden administration's National Marine Fisheries Service over its rule that the government said was aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, but the lobstermen argued it would simply put family-owned lobster fisheries out of business.

are threatened by vessel strikes and entanglement in fishing gear, but fishermen said there are other concerns, such as conservation, that are also important to their industry. Lapp said the fishing industry is the most impacted by offshore wind because it means the loss of thousands of square miles of fishing grounds, exclusion zones, navigational safety problems and even regulations that she said could lead to loss of life at sea.

 

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