Defenders of Wildlife: Emergency Petition Seeks to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From Fishing Gear
December 03, 2020
December 03, 2020
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSRep)-- The Defenders of Wildlife issued the following news:
Conservation and wildlife-protection groups today filed an emergency rulemaking petition to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from becoming entangled in commercial fishing gear.
"Four out of every five North Atlantic right whales has suffered from entanglement at least once," said Jane Davenport, a senior attorney at Defenders of Wildlife. "Yet the g . . .
Conservation and wildlife-protection groups today filed an emergency rulemaking petition to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from becoming entangled in commercial fishing gear.
"Four out of every five North Atlantic right whales has suffered from entanglement at least once," said Jane Davenport, a senior attorney at Defenders of Wildlife. "Yet the g . . .