Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine’s congressional delegation signed the letter to a top regulator urging the policy change.
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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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Posted inMaine
Federal judge blocks lobster fishing ban in stretch of Gulf of Maine
He says regulators relied on ‘markedly thin’ statistical modeling instead of hard evidence to show the roughly 967-square-mile area they had planned to close was really a hot spot for the imperiled right whale.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
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.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine lobster fishery has key sustainability label reinstated
A year after its certification was revoked, the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery is once again certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Owning up to our part in the plight of the North Atlantic right whale
While the debate continues over how many right whale deaths are caused by lobster gear, the scientific evidence for the toll taken by climate-related ocean change is mounting.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine Legislature threatens legal action over federal lobstering restrictions
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to fight the federal government in court over new rules intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
New federal lobstering restrictions spark backlash from industry and elected officials
‘This was the worst-case scenario,’ one Maine lobsterman says of rules to protect endangered whales by seasonally restricting 950 square miles of the Gulf of Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Federal regulators impose seasonal ban on traditional lobstering in part of Gulf of Maine
Lobstermen worry that the restrictions designed to protect the endangered right whale in roughly 950 square miles of federal waters along midcoast Maine will endanger their industry.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Federal rules to protect right whales from gear may extend to other fisheries
A new phase of rules could include fisheries that use gillnets and those that use traps and pots.