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Maine mulls paying lobster harvesters to test whale-safe lobster gear

Maine lawmakers to pay lobster fishermen up to $1 million per year to test whale-safe gear

By Undercurrent News | May 1, 2023 19:36 BST
The tail of a North Atlantic right whale. Image from Pew Charitable Trusts website.
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Lawmakers in the US state of Maine are proposing a fund to help lobster harvesters test ropeless gear, with the ultimate aim of protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglement, Maine Public reports [...]

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