Presentations at Right Whale Meeting Highlight Questions; Issues in Lobster Gear Modification
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] by John Sackton – October 12, 2018
How efforts to protect North Atlantic Right Whales will impact lobster and crab fisheries in the US and Canada is a key question facing the most valuable fisheries in the region.
This week, the take reduction team from NOAA has been meeting in Rhode Island to get an update on both scientific questions and latest surveys, and also a report on efforts to improve gear to reduce whale entanglements.
The entire set of presentations are online ...
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