maine environment
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PublishedJuly 11, 2019
Mills comes out against ‘foolish’ federal regulations to protect right whales
The governor is directing the Department of Marine Resources to come up with an alternative to a federal plan to reduce the Maine lobster industry's impact on endangered right whales.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2019
Our View: Edwards Dam removal signaled new era for rivers
Once considered only for their industrial uses, the waterways are now seen as community assets for other reasons.
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Rep. Golden’s effort to withhold whale protection money fails
The 2nd District Democrat had proposed pulling the financial plug on lobster fishing restrictions until a scientific tool used to come up with the plan was peer-reviewed.
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PublishedJune 19, 2019
Backing lobstermen, Rep. Golden seeks to withhold funds for right whale protections
Rep. Pingree co-sponsors the amendment, as Golden argues that a scientific tool used to assess the lobster industry's risk to right whales has not been subject to 3rd-party review.
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PublishedJune 6, 2019
Lobstermen tell regulators: Give us fewer buoy lines, but let us fish them how we want
Flexibility is the only way Maine's diverse $485 million fishery can survive, they say at a hearing in Deer Isle.
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PublishedJune 2, 2019
New rules are meant to save whales; lobstermen wonder if they’ll survive
State marine officials face a deadline to cut the number of buoy lines by half, but the proposed scenarios leave Maine’s $485 million industry wary about safety and profitablility.
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