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Activist’s right whale rules lawsuit survives motion to dismiss

However, a federal judge determined that two other counts in Richard Strahan's lawsuit claiming that other laws were violated by the rope rules were not sufficient to proceed

By Undercurrent News | Feb. 18, 2020 16:40 GMT
North American right whale off the coast of Florida. Photo by Sea to Shore Alliance and shared by FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
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A lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts activist who claims that the US state's rules allowing lobster harvesters to use vertical buoy ropes (VBR) violate the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) has survived a motion to dismiss [...]

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