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Canada softens terms of whale-related closure in lobster fishing zone

Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans last week instituted a 15-day closure in Lobster Fishing Area 23, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in response to the sighting of an endangered North Atlantic right whale

By Undercurrent News | May 24, 2024 16:36 BST
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Canadian fisheries minister Dianne Lebouthillier announced late Thursday (May 23) that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) was reducing the scale of a lobster fishing-related closure off the northeast coast of the province New Brunswick [...]

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