NOAA Signals Lower Right Whale Mortality From US Gear; Maine Lobstermen Welcome Shift

NOAA Fisheries has postponed the December meeting of its Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team to March 2027. Preliminary analysis suggests right whale deaths and serious injuries from US commercial fixed-gear fisheries, including the lobster and Jonah crab fleets, will come in substantially below the 2022 estimates, the agency said Nov. 5. The Maine Lobstermen's Association (MLA) called it a major shift in federal whale policy...
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