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RI Delegation Announces $3.48 Million for Innovative Fishing Gear to Boost North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Efforts
November 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:

Providence, RI - Today, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressmen Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo announced $3,483,190 in grants to support the adoption of innovative fishing gear in Rhode Island and across New England to reduce the risk of gear entanglement for the endangered North Atlantic right whales.

These grants, administered by the National Fish and . . .

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