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Some Maine lobster harvesters doubt value of ‘whale-safe’ label

'We haven’t entangled a single whale since 2002. They can’t even tell us if we’ve ever killed a whale. So I would say that Maine is already whale safe' -- David Sullivan, Maine Lobstering Union

By Undercurrent News | Dec. 18, 2019 17:56 GMT
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A big banded "select" lobster on a wharf near the US town of Rockland, Maine. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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Maine lobster harvesters are pushing back against an effort to popularize a "whale-safe" label for crustaceans caught using traps that involve weak, breakaway ropes or remote controlled "ropeless" gear, the Bangor Daily News reports.  [...]

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