Portland, Maine National Marine Fisheries Service

Biden administration withdraws rules to save endangered whales from collisions

The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale.

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Biden Administration Withdraws Proposal to Expand Protections for Rare Whales

The proposed rules would have slowed more ships to prevent collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales.

The (Raleigh) News & Observer … · 1d

US regulators drop proposal that would have made boats slow down to protect whales

NC charter fishermen and officials expressed concern that the rule, intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, would harm business.

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NOAA withdraws proposal to protect endangered right whales, prompting frustration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes. The decision has left conservationists and Maine’s lobster industry expressing disappointment,

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Plan for stricter lobster fishing rules scrapped amid strong opposition from lobstermen

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators on Friday scrapped a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters off New England. The ...

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Maine lobstermen celebrate withdrawal of gauge size increase

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Board previously delayed a proposed gauge size increase – ...

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Gulf of Maine's rising temperatures bring challenges and opportunities to local fisheries

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The Gulf of Maine’s warming waters are profoundly affecting Maine’s working waterfront in more ways than one. Over the past decade, sea surface temperatures have ...

NH and Maine lobstermen push back against new size rule amid economic fears

A new regulation on catchable lobster size could significantly reduce lobster hauls this summer and lobstermen are fighting back.

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More than 75 right whales – 20% of enganged population – spotted off Maine's coast

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the ...

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Multiple agencies are searching for two fishermen who went missing in Downeast Maine

The U.S. Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol are searching for two commercial fishermen became unreachable on Saturday ...

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Janet Mills' plan to fill Maine's first budget hole in over a decade

The tax and fee changes that Gov. Janet Mills put forward last week in her budget only add up to about $150 million in a ...

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