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The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is proposing multiple amendments to current rules regulating fixed gear fisheries in an effort to protect an endangered species, the North Atlantic right whale. Two local lobstermen say the proposed regulations threaten their livelihoods.  It s gonna take roughly 30% of my income away from me, said Dave Magee, a lobsterman from Mattapoisett who fishes out of Fairhaven.  One of the key amendments would expand the existing large whale seasonal trap gear closure, which runs from Feb. 1 to April 30, to all waters under the jurisdiction of the commonwealth, highlighted with dark red in the map below. The division would also have the authority to extend trap gear closures if right whales remain present after April 30.

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