The feds are shellin’ out millions of dollars to the Bay State for new lobster fishing gear in the hopes of protecting North Atlantic right whales. The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s ...

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday restored a U.S. agency rule restricting lobster and Jonah crab fishing off the Massachusetts coast to protect endangered whales, rejecting a claim that ...

PATRICK FLANARY: Experts often say the lobster fishery will have to move to innovative “ropeless” fishing gear to protect North Atlantic right whales from entanglement. There fewer than 340 of the ...

Scientists and officials in New England hope to collect better data about a vanishing whale species, improve fishing gear to avoid harming the animals, and make other changes as Massachusetts and ...

Fishermen argue that proposed rules to protect rare whales are so strict they could put them out of business. Max Oliver moves a lobster to the banding table aboard his boat while fishing off Spruce ...

Patrick Flanary: For years, right whale advocates and engineers have been trying to develop new lobster fishing gear designed to prevent whales from entanglements. But most local lobstermen say ...

The Biden administration is moving to impose stricter regulations to New England lobstermen in order to protect an endangered whale species – despite the lack of any evidence that lobster fishing ...

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PORTLAND, Maine — America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The lobster ...