NOAA Imposes Temporary Restrictions on Lobster Fishing to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales

Summary

The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries at NOAA has announced temporary restrictions on lobster trap/pot and anchored gillnet fishing in a designated area off the coast of Maine to protect an aggregation of North Atlantic right whales, effective for 15 days

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