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PublishedFebruary 7, 2022
Maine leaders seek delay of May 1 deadline for whale-friendly lobstering gear
Gov. Janet Mills and all four members of Maine's congressional delegation say the federally mandated equipment is expensive and hard to get.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2022
Lawmakers consider $30 million relief fund for Maine lobstermen facing new restrictions
As written, the bill would provide relief money via the state's general fund, thus making it a taxpayer-funded effort.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
First right whale of the season spotted off Massachusetts
The whales migrate between the cold northern waters and their winter spawning grounds off Georgia and Florida.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2021
Maine will be allowed to make its case in federal lawsuit over lobstering restrictions
Gov. Janet Mills' office said Thursday that it sought to intervene in the lawsuit to stand up for Maine's lobstermen and women.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Lobstering union petitions U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Gulf of Maine closure
It’s the most recent development in a legal battle between Maine's lobster industry and conservationists seeking to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Lobstermen must start removing gear to save whales, federal regulators say
New rules make roughly 950 square miles in the Gulf of Maine essentially off limits to lobster fishing from October through January.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2021
Federal appeals court reinstates lobstering closure in Gulf of Maine
A federal judge's ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Maine Lobstering Union and other industry businesses had temporarily halted the closure.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2021
Lobstermen’s group launches $10 million fundraising push to ‘save’ industry jobs
The Maine Lobstermen's Association says it needs money to fight new federal restrictions intended to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2021
Environmentalists can continue with lawsuit to protect whales
The groups want to expand areas and times in which a vessel speed limit applies, make the speed limits mandatory, and apply them to small and large vessels.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2021
Government, conservation groups file appeal to reinstate seasonal lobstering ban
The partial fishery closure, which would have taken effect this month, was intended to help protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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