As Whale Rules Loom, Research Shows Consumers May Pay More for Ropeless Lobster
Maine's lobster fishery supplies roughly 90% of the nation's lobster and remains one of the state's most important economic drivers.
Lobstermen harvest their catch using traps connected to surface buoys by vertical lines. Federal regulators are considering changes to that system in an effort to reduce the risk of whale entanglements through the adoption of ropeless fishing gear.
The proposal is aimed at protecting the North Atlantic right whale, one of the world's most endangered large whale species. According to the University...
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