US EditionFishing groups push to postpone protections for endangered right whale to 2035
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, MAINE, JUL 28 – The moratorium extension aims to protect Maine's $500 million lobster industry and tens of thousands of jobs while addressing a 25% population decline in North Atlantic right whales, officials said.
- Following a recent letter from fishing groups, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine and a coalition seek to extend the 2028 moratorium on right whale protections until 2035, citing science and industry needs.
- A group including the Maine Lobstermen’s Association said extending the pause would allow science-based regulations, supporting Maine’s lobster industry valued at over half a billion dollars.
- Recent data show only about 370 North Atlantic right whales, which fell approximately 25% from 2010 to 2020 and face lethal entanglement in commercial fishing gear.
- Environmental organizations condemned the delays, while commercial fishing groups praised the proposal; the extension traces back to Alaska Republican Nick Begich.
- By seeking a 10-year extension, Golden and industry groups would leave the right whales vulnerable to collisions with large ships, delaying protections until 2035.
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Fishing groups seek delay in whale regs
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 370 and has declined over the last 15 years. They have been the subject of proposed federal fishing laws that are backed by conservation groups because the whales are threatened by lethal entanglement in commercial fish…
Jared Golden and fishing groups push to delay right whale protections to 2035
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years. The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 370 and has declined over the last 15 years. They have been the subject of proposed federal fishing laws that are backed by conservation groups because the whales are threatened by lethal entanglement in commercial fis…
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Fishing groups push to postpone protections for endangered right whale to 2035
A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years.
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