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Published
February 19, 2022

Maine lobster at risk of losing a sustainability label over right whale concerns

The California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program is considering which species to add to its “red list,” and North American lobster from both U.S. and Canadian fisheries is a candidate, as are over a dozen other species fished up and down the East Coast, according to a draft assessment.
Published
November 24, 2021

Federal court reinstates fishing closure

The district court and appeals court appear to be at odds over which side is likely to succeed on the merits.
Published
October 18, 2021

Federal judge blocks lobster fishing ban in stretch of Gulf of Maine

He says regulators relied on 'markedly thin' statistical modeling instead of hard evidence to show the roughly 967-square-mile area they had planned to close was really a hotspot for the imperiled right whale.
Published
August 31, 2021

Updated: NOAA imposes seasonal ban on traditional lobstering for large part of Gulf of Maine

The restrictions, which affect 950 square miles, are intended to protect the endangered right whale, but lobstermen worry it will endanger their industry and way of life.

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