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With a proposal included in a federal government spending package, Maine is on track to receive several million dollars later this year for new gear and research aimed at reducing the risks to endangered right whales.
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Maine's lobster fishery will have much longer to comply with federal rules aimed at reducing the risks to the endangered North Atlantic right whale population, if a government spending bill clears the U.S. Congress this week.
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The proposal would ban grocery chain Whole Foods — which recently paused sales of Maine lobster over concerns about the industry's threat to endangered right whales — from participating in two state tax programs.
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The menu choice unleased an array of critiques, both from sustainability experts who say the Maine lobster fishery poses too high a risk to endangered right whales, and from members of the Maine delegation who believe federal regulations are overly burdensome.
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The Marine Stewardship Council suspended the fishery's certification last week, only months after the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program red-listed the lobster because of risks to endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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A district court judge in Washington D.C. has granted a two-year extension for the National Marine Fisheries Service to issue a new rule aimed at reducing right whale deaths from entanglements in lobster gear.
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A second major seafood watchdog group has pulled its support for Maine's lobster fishery over concerns that it's harming endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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Several hundred people attended a virtual meeting Tuesday evening, which NOAA officials billed as a forum to collect feedback from fishermen about possible trap limits and more seasonal closures and gear changes.
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The sustainable seafood program said earlier this week that lobster fishing gear poses a threat to the endangered right whale population. But Gov. Janet Mills and Maine's congressional delegation believe the designation is irresponsible.
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In its announcement, the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program says a review of scientific data shows current management measures don't go far enough to mitigate entanglement risks and promote recovery of the North Atlantic right whale.