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Tag: Whale Rules

NMFS calls for deeper cuts over ten years to protect whales

Posted on January 29, 2021January 31, 2021 by MLA Staff in Management, Whales

Right whales will continue to decline unless other actions taken Two major announcements related to North Atlantic right whales and the U.S. lobster fishery were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as 2020 … Continue reading →

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Lobster Zone Councils’ Sub-Committees Recommend Conservation Equivalencies, Part of Whale Plan

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Melissa Waterman in Whales

Maine and other New England states with a lobster fishery are developing plans to reduce the risk of entanglement by North Atlantic right whales in lobster gear by 60% as required by the National Marine … Continue reading →

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The New Whale Rules . . . How Did We Get Here?

Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 by Patrice McCarron in Whales

Maine lobstermen are bracing for the release of the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) draft whale rules and Biological Opinion which have been three years in the making. What changes will the rules require of … Continue reading →

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Steaming Ahead – June 2020

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Patrice McCarron in Miscellaneous, MLA News

In this line of work one thing I can always count on is a phone call from a lobsterman telling me just how things are going to be. The subject may be the lobster price, … Continue reading →

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At the Forum: NOAA Officials Answer Tough Questions About Whale Plan

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Melissa Waterman in Management

A panel of five officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spoke to and answered questions from a largely polite audience of lobstermen and others at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum in March. Chris Oliver, … Continue reading →

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MLA Continues Legal Battle on Possible Whale Rules

Posted on November 10, 2018November 6, 2018 by Melissa Waterman in Management, MLA News

How would you feel if you knew that a long line of adversaries was ready to shut down your livelihood and you had no one in your corner to help you wage battle against them? … Continue reading →

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Long Island Lobsterman Grows Up With Whale Rules

Posted on October 14, 2018October 2, 2018 by Bridget Thornton in Management, People & Places

Cameron Murphy, 26, started lobstering on Long Island when he was 13. He had five traps and was sponsored by local lobsterman Tommy Marr. His father is a merchant seaman and food processing engineer and … Continue reading →

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