NOAA Panel Backs Sharp Curbs on Lobster Lines that Imperil Right Whales
In a major step to protect North Atlantic right whales, which are among the planet's most endangered species, a government-appointed team agreed Friday to measures aimed at reducing the number of whale deaths and serious injuries by 60 percent.
Officials representing each of New England's coastal states offered different ways of achieving that goal, but the decision could lead to a reduction of as much as half the lobster lines in vast portions of the Gulf of Maine, which stretches from...
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