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right whales

Published
August 15, 2019

Maine Voices: Lobstermen threatened with the extinction of their way of life

Before imposing new rules, study whether there is a relationship between right whale deaths and fishing gear.
Published
August 12, 2019

Maine lobstermen insist they are not the ones killing right whales

About 70 frustrated fishermen tell federal regulators at a hearing in Machias that Canada, not Maine, is mostly to blame.
Published
July 27, 2019

Maine Voices: Mills’ stand on fishing rules praised by lobster industry

Rules designed to protect whales should be related to the real causes of whale entanglements.
Published
July 22, 2019

Lobstermen, politicians rally in Stonington to protest whale rules

Hundreds of lobstermen and their families rallied to protest proposed federal rules aimed at protecting right whales.
Published
July 19, 2019

Rep. McDonald: Federal rules would hurt lobstering, but do little for whales

A policy that involves both United States and Canada and focuses on the right whale's migration patterns would do more to prevent entanglements.

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Published
July 17, 2019

LePage appeals to Trump on lobster regulations

The former Republican governor, who has been bartending in Boothbay Harbor this summer, said proposed regulations to protect right whales could be disastrous for Maine's lobster industry.
Published
July 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.
Published
July 9, 2019

Maine Voices: State’s delegation should stop blocking protections for right whales

To save the endangered animal, implement and fully fund rules aimed at reducing fatal fishing gear entanglements.
Published
July 6, 2019

As deaths mount, have right whales reached ‘tipping point’?

Six whales were found dead in June in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Published
June 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.