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Massachusetts passes its own lobster trap regs to better protect whales

'Massachusetts got it right for North Atlantic right whales today' -- Gib Brogan, Oceana

By Undercurrent News | Jan. 29, 2021 15:20 GMT
North Atlantic right whales. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) may be moving ahead with federal regulations to better protect North Atlantic right whales from getting entangled in lobster traps, but the US state of Massachusetts on Thursday passed its own rules, the Cape Cod Times reports [...]

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