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Maine governor attacks Pew lobster line petition, warns of ‘curtain effect’

Pew Charitable Trusts' plan for saving North Atlantic right whales will cause a 'curtain effect' that will increase the density of lobster trap lines -- Maine governor Janet Mills

By Undercurrent News | June 29, 2020 17:31 BST
Janet Mills, governor of the US state of Maine.
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The US state of Maine's governor has thrown in on the battle over future potential regulations in the North American lobster and Jonah crab fishery aimed at protecting North Atlantic right whales, suggesting the president Donald Trump administration ignore a petition filed by Pew Charitable Trusts [...]

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