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Right-whale protections prompt decline in younger US lobster harvesters

Maine has initiated efforts to encourage younger lobstermen to stay with the industry, including a student licensing program that promotes high school- or college-age harvesting

By Undercurrent News | Sept. 22, 2021 17:30 BST
A North American lobster. Photograph by Jason Huffman
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Lobstermen from the US state of Maine are edging away from their industry due to the impacts of new laws protecting right whales, the American University radio station WAMU reports [...]

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