NFWF Grants Support Maine Lobster Industry’s Launch in Alternative Fishing Gear Testing
Some creative thinking has been rewarded with a $5 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to test alternative fishing gear that could reduce deaths of the endangered North Atlantic right whales (NARW).
Maine’s DMR received two grants totaling $5,050,658 from the federal agency to research support research into alternatives to traditional lobster trap and buoy fishing gear which may be required by future regulations to reduce the risk of serious injury and mortality to ...
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