Maine Gov. Mills Calls on Commerce Secretary to Delay Implementation of Gear Marking & Modification in Right Whale Rule
September 25, 2021
September 25, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021:
In a letter today to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Governor Janet Mills urged swift action by NOAA Fisheries to reduce the unnecessary economic harm to Maine fishermen that the recently announced Federal whale protection rule will cause.
"I don't believe this rule, as written, should take effect at all, and, at the very least, I urge you to direct . . .
In a letter today to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Governor Janet Mills urged swift action by NOAA Fisheries to reduce the unnecessary economic harm to Maine fishermen that the recently announced Federal whale protection rule will cause.
"I don't believe this rule, as written, should take effect at all, and, at the very least, I urge you to direct . . .