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A New Hampshire lobster boat and a lobstermen's association have filed a federal lawsuit to stop changes that would decrease the number of traps that can be used.
A federal judge has ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is in charge of protecting North Atlantic right whales, failed to do so. The agency's rules and regulations that are meant to reduce entanglements in lobster fishing gear were insufficient, the court found.
In an effort to protect critically endangered right whales, federal officials have announced an “emergency” closure of an additional area of lobster fishing grounds in federal waters off the South Shore of Massachusetts.