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Maine lobster harvesters drop part of lawsuit over whale-related closures

'The MLU ... will continue to challenge the LMA 1 closure area in connection with the pending D.C. litigation and the ongoing NMFS rulemaking process' -- attorney Alfred Frawley

By Undercurrent News | Aug. 26, 2022 16:05 BST
A Maine lobster. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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The Maine Lobstering Union (MLU) has dropped part of its lawsuit in Maine against the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) over the closure of a 960-square-mile section of the Gulf of Maine to the use of buoy lines on traps, reports News Center Maine, an NBC-affiliated television news station. NMFS is expected to present new guidelines, including those regarding the closure of LMA 1, sometime in the fall. [...]

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