Maine DMR Backs Proposed $30 Million Fund for Lobstermen Impacted by Right Whale Rules
Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher testified before the state’s Committee on Marine Resources and shared his support for a bill that features a proposed $30 million fund to help lobstermen impacted by federal regulations aimed to protect North Atlantic right whales.
The bill was introduced by Maine Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay on February 1. It would establish the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Impact Fund and seeks to provide compensation for the immediate financial losses experienced by the recent...
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