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Canada more than triples snow crab fishery closures as whale sightings increase

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans has closed 23 grids in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence, adding to nine quadrants closed earlier near the Magdalen Islands

By Jason Huffman | May 10, 2022 18:57 BST
The tail of a North Atlantic right whale. Image from Pew Charitable Trusts website.
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Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has announced the impending closure of another 23 grids in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence snow crab fishery, as a result of additional endangered North Atlantic right whale sightings [...]

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