Maine lobstermen testified in Washington Tuesday against a bill that could put the industry back on the hook for regulations aimed at protecting endangered right whales. But without them, a marine biologist warns the whales could become functionally extinct within the next 12 years.
The debate over conservation measures aimed at protecting North Atlantic right whales headed to Washington on Tuesday, as Maine lobstermen defended a measure that pauses new federal fishing regulations for the next five years.
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