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Opinion: Further delay on lobster gear rules would deepen whale entanglement problem

Maine governor Janet Mills recently joined US lobster and Jonah crab harvesters in criticizing a plan by The Pew Charitable Trusts to reduce whale entanglements in fishing gear. Here is Pew's response

By Undercurrent News | July 3, 2020 13:50 BST
Peter Baker, project director, Northern Oceans Conservation, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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(The following is a letter to the editor written by Peter Baker, project director, Northern Oceans Conservation, The Pew Charitable Trusts.) [...]

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