Center for Biological Diversity: Court - Feds Failing to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales From Lobster Gear Entanglements
April 11, 2020
April 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on April 10:
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the National Marine Fisheries Service's management of the American lobster fishery violates the federal Endangered Species Act. The court held that the agency failed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and that its biological opinion on the fishery violated "straightforward" requirements of the Act, put . . .
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the National Marine Fisheries Service's management of the American lobster fishery violates the federal Endangered Species Act. The court held that the agency failed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and that its biological opinion on the fishery violated "straightforward" requirements of the Act, put . . .