HOBOKEN, New Jersey, July 13 -- Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features the conservation of freshwater, brackish or marine habitats and encouraging work that spans these ecosystems, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2022 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Protection effectiveness and sea urchin predation risk: The role of roving predators beyond the boundaries of a marine protected area in the Western Medi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 14 (TNSreact) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: In a victory for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today reinstated a seasonal prohibition on lobster fishing using vertical lines in federal waters off the Maine coast. The decision reversed a preliminary injunction by the District of Maine that halted the NOAA Fisheries' implementation of a 967-square-mile   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 14 (TNSreact) -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release on July 12, 2022: In a victory for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals today reinstated a seasonal prohibition on lobster fishing with vertical lines in federal waters off the coast of Maine. The decision reversed a preliminary injunction by the District of Maine that halted the NOAA Fisheries' implementation of a 967-square-mile seasonal closu  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 14 (TNSreact) -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release on July 13, 2022: In a victory for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a seasonal prohibition on lobster fishing with vertical lines in federal waters off the coast of Maine. The Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Defenders of Wildlife intervened in the case to defend the seasonal closure  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSconf) -- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news: A federal court ruled in favor of the Center for Biological Diversity, Conservation Law Foundation, and Defenders of Wildlife in a long-running case challenging NOAA Fisheries' failure to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly entanglements in American lobster fishing gear. The court found that the agency violated the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act when   more

PORTLAND, Maine, July 14 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, the following statement on July 13, 2022 with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, Reps. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and Jared Golden, D-Maine: * * * Governor Janet Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden issued the following statement today in response to the First Circuit Court of Appeals' decision reinstating a ban on lobster fishing gear in nearly 1,  more

PORTLAND, Maine, July 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following joint statement on July 13, 2022 with Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Reps. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, and Jared Golden, D-Maine: * * * Governor Mills and U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden issued the following statement today in response to the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision reinstating a ban on lobster fishing gear  more