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Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale

A group of lobster fishermen has sued fishing regulators, claiming that new electronic monitoring requirements designed to protect rare whales are unconstitutional.

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Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale

A group of lobster fishermen has sued fishing regulators in federal court, claiming that new electronic monitoring requirements designed to protect rare whales are unconstitutional. The new rules went into effect on Dec. 15 and require fishermen with federal lobster fishing permits to install 24-hour electronic tracking devices on their boats. The Maine Department of Marine Resources, which regulates fisheries in Maine, has promoted the new rule as a way to collect better data that can both benefit the fishery and help save the vanishing North Atlantic right whale, which is vulnerable to potentially lethal entanglement in fishing gear.

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Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale

Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale
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Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale

Lobster fishers sue to block monitoring laws designed to help save a rare whale
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Maine, Massachusetts to spend $27M to help threatened whales | National & World News

Maine and Massachusetts are receiving more than $27 million to enhance data collection, improve fishing gear and make other changes designed to protect a vanishing species of whale. The money is intended to aid the North Atlantic right whale, which is jeopardized by entanglement in commercial fishing gear and collisions with large ships. The population of the giant whales fell by about 25% from 2010 to 2020, and now numbers less than 360. Officials say Tuesday the largest chunk of the money is $17.2 million the Maine Department of Marine Resources has received from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve data collection about the whales.

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