right whales
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PublishedOctober 18, 2021
Federal judge blocks lobster fishing ban in stretch of Gulf of Maine
He says regulators relied on 'markedly thin' statistical modeling instead of hard evidence to show the roughly 967-square-mile area they had planned to close was really a hotspot for the imperiled right whale.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2021
Updated: NOAA imposes seasonal ban on traditional lobstering for large part of Gulf of Maine
The restrictions, which affect 950 square miles, are intended to protect the endangered right whale, but lobstermen worry it will endanger their industry and way of life.