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Federal judge says lobster fishery violated Endangered Species Act on right whales

The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Endangered Species Act passed each other 'like ships in the night' -- US District Court judge James Boasberg

By Undercurrent News | April 10, 2020 17:21 BST
A North Atlantic right whale calf and its mother off the coast of Georgia. Photograph from the US' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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By not properly reporting the lobster industry's impact on North Atlantic right whales, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) failed to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a federal judge has ruled, the Portland Press Herald reports [...]

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