Lawsuit Launched to End Whale, Sea Turtle Entanglements in California Dungeness Crab Gear
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] June 29, 2017
OAKLAND, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal notice of intent to sue California’s state wildlife agency for failing to prevent commercial Dungeness crab gear from entangling, injuring and killing threatened and endangered humpback whales, blue whales and sea turtles.
The Center continues to push the issue, going beyond what other environmental groups have suggested and directly opposing the state and industry instead of working collaboratively toward solutions.
California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife authorizes and manages operation of the fishery, which last year entangled ...
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