Regulation & law · 06/11/2007Updated: 10/17/2026 · 1 min read
NOAA Imposes Temporary Restrictions on Lobster Fishing to Protect Northern Right Whales
Summary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has temporarily restricted lobster trap/pot and anchored gillnet fishing in a 2,031 square nautical mile area southeast of Portland, Maine, for 15 days to protect an aggregation of northern right whales.
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