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Canada to maintain right whale protection measures in 2024

Measures include seasonal and dynamic area closures for fixed gear, trap and pot fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Bay of Fundy and other areas where whales are detected

By Undercurrent News | March 28, 2024 14:22 GMT
North Atlantic right whales. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced this week that it is again implementing the measures it used in 2023 to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear entanglements and vessel strikes [...]

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