Judge blocks lobster fishing closure off coast of Maine
U.S. District Judge Lance Walker in Maine granted the order on Saturday.
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U.S. District Judge Lance Walker in Maine granted the order on Saturday.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Lobstering Union has won emergency relief to stop the closure of productive lobster water off the coast of Maine that regulators said is needed to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from extinction.
The temporary injunction against the fishing restrictions is a significant victory for lobstermen and their allies' efforts to fight what they say are misguided efforts to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglement in trap rope and gear.
The federal restriction is set to go into effect on Monday, and last through the end of January. It's the first in a series of new federal gear rules aimed at reducing the risk that North Atlantic right whales will be entangled with trap rope and gear.
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