The US lobster industry is still absorbing new rules from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that its harvesters soon could be required to follow in order to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from being tangled in trap lines. They include provisions to encourage the use of more weak, breakable ropes and ropeless technology, something the industry has previously suggested is ineffective and a bridge too far. [...]
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