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Lawsuit filed in NH challenges new limits on offshore lobster traps

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. ....

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Biden's decision to restore marine monument off Cape Cod is praised, criticized in Maine

Biden's decision to restore marine monument off Cape Cod is praised, criticized in Maine
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Lifejackets for Lobstermen Project works to get PFDs on every fisherman

Tue, 01/12/2021 - 5:45pm
“I wear a lifejacket for my own safety, of course, and most importantly, I wear it for my family and loved ones. Fishing is important, and so is coming back safely.” Captain Stefanie Alley, Islesford
From 2000-2016, the Centers for Disease Control charted 204 commercial fishing fatalities from falls overboard. None of the fishermen recovered were wearing a lifejacket, and 108 of the fishermen’s bodies were never found, according to a report of the Lifejacket Project, which was launched to identify solutions and increase fishermen’s interest in wearing lifejackets.
In its recently published, 20-page summary report, the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety in Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing chronicles stories from the Lifejackets for Lobstermen Project and provides examples of the fishing community’s interest and engagement with the project. ....

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SUPREME COURT: A legal war, a Biden win: What's next for a marine monument?

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Seamounts Marine National Monument collage. Credits: Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News(illustration & map); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(photos); U.S. Supreme Court(text)
Commercial fishing groups have been fighting the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument since it was first proposed by the Obama administration. The Supreme Court may be their last hope. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News(illustration & map); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(photos); U.S. Supreme Court(text)
When Grant Moore first started lobstering, he thought of the ocean as a vast expanse with an endless supply of marine life ripe for the catching. ....

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