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Conservation Fund: Federal Appeals Court Reinstates Right Whales Seasonal Protection
July 14, 2022
ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 14 (TNSreact) -- The Conservation Fund issued the following news release on July 12, 2022:

In a victory for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals today reinstated a seasonal prohibition on lobster fishing with vertical lines in federal waters off the coast of Maine.

The decision reversed a preliminary injunction by the District of Maine that halted the NOAA Fisheries' implementation of a 9 . . .

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