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Coverage dated November 16, 2021

Ban on lobster fishing to save whales is back, court rules

Headline from News Center Maine

A U.S. appeals court reinstated a ban on lobster harvesting in hundreds of miles of productive fishing waters off the Maine coast.

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  1. News Center Maine

    Ban on lobster fishing to save whales is back, court rules (opens News Center Maine)

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    A U.S. appeals court reinstated a ban on lobster harvesting in hundreds of miles of productive fishing waters off the Maine coast.

  2. Newsweek

    Lobster harvesting ban reinstated off Maine coast in effort to protect rare whales (opens Newsweek)

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    A U.S. appeals court ruled that the government's role is "assuring the right whales are protected from a critical risk of death."

  3. The Hill

    Court reinstates lobster fishing ban implemented to save whales (opens The Hill)

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    A federal appeals court has blocked lobstering in a large swath of the Gulf of Maine, siding with environmental groups seeking to protect the endangered right whale from getting entangled in fishing gear.

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