Center for Biological Diversity: Legal Petition Seeks Federal Ropeless Rule to Save Whales, Turtles From Fishing Gear
December 11, 2021
December 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021:
Entanglement in fishing gear has become a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles on all U.S. coastlines. So the Center for Biological Diversity formally petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service today to require crab, lobster and other trap fisheries to convert to new ropeless or "pop-up" gear within the next five years. The petition re . . .
Entanglement in fishing gear has become a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles on all U.S. coastlines. So the Center for Biological Diversity formally petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service today to require crab, lobster and other trap fisheries to convert to new ropeless or "pop-up" gear within the next five years. The petition re . . .