Center for Biological Diversity: Feds Issue Final Rule to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear
August 31, 2021
August 31, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
The National Marine Fisheries Service released its final rule today modifying regulations to reduce the number of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales killed in lobster gear off the coast of New England.
The rule requires conversion to new gear that uses weaker ropes the agency hopes will reduce the severity of entanglements. But the ability of weak rope t . . .
The National Marine Fisheries Service released its final rule today modifying regulations to reduce the number of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales killed in lobster gear off the coast of New England.
The rule requires conversion to new gear that uses weaker ropes the agency hopes will reduce the severity of entanglements. But the ability of weak rope t . . .