New rules make roughly 950 square miles in the Gulf of Maine essentially off limits to lobster fishing from October through January.
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Federal appeals court reinstates lobstering closure in Gulf of Maine
A federal judge’s ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Maine Lobstering Union and other industry businesses had temporarily halted the closure.
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Lobstermen’s group launches $10 million fundraising push to ‘save’ industry jobs
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says it needs money to fight new federal restrictions intended to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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Environmentalists can continue with lawsuit to protect whales
The groups want to expand areas and times in which a vessel speed limit applies, make the speed limits mandatory, and apply them to small and large vessels.
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Government, conservation groups file appeal to reinstate seasonal lobstering ban
The partial fishery closure, which would have taken effect this month, was intended to help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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Whale scientists fire back – with science – at critics of new lobstering rules
Marine biologists disagree with a judge’s decision to block a seasonal closure in the Gulf of Maine and say there are ample data to justify the closure.
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Maine’s top elected officials urge feds to throw out new lobstering rules
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation signed the letter to a top regulator urging the policy change.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine lobster rules should be based on real-world data
A federal judge rightly finds that the government needs more than guesswork to issue its whale protection plan.
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Judge’s rejection of lobstering ban draws praise of industry, ire of environmentalists
The decision backs lobstering advocates’ contention that better data is needed to protect right whales, but supporters of a ban, who may appeal, say it discounts scientists’ analysis.
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With new whale protections looming, Maine lobster industry asks judge to intervene
It’s a last-ditch legal effort to stop a seasonal fishery closure to protect endangered right whales, which the industry says will cause it irreparable harm.