Measures to Protect Whales Raise Alarm in Maine Lobster Industry

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Lobstermen are worried new federal requirements to clear fishing lines from the path of endangered whales will damage their iconic New England industry

Along the rocky coast of Maine, lobstermen are worried new federal requirements to clear fishing lines from the path of endangered whales will damage their iconic New England industry.

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agency is trying to save North Atlantic right whales that are dying at an alarming rate in U.S. and Canadian waters, often after getting tangled in fishing gear or hit by ships. The still-forming federal regulations will cover other parts of New England, but Maine, where lobstermen dangle more...

 

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About time we must protect what little is left because of greed

I'm sure they'll manage 🙄

Sum up human greed and indifference to nature in one paragraph

oh well- They can clear the way of a known path- the ocean belongs to the creatures that live there also- how many marine animals are snared, killed, hurt because of left over lines, traps, etc? Tell them they also need to pick up their trash just like everyone else.

They are equally, if not more concerned about the Chinese market being forever lost to Canada!

If you cannot figure out how to catch lobsters without trapping whales, you shouldn’t be in the business.

too bad

Just wait until they here about climate change.

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