Maine Delegation Presses Fisheries Agency for Fair Treatment of Maine Lobster Fishery

After the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) gave lobster industry participants just two business days to submit proposals for a new risk reduction plan to protect right whales and denied lobstermen and their allies access to a key data tool, Maine’s congressional delegation pushed back today against these decisions by the agency. In their letter to NMFS, Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus King (I-ME), and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) called out the agency for drastically accelerating the timeline for proposals in the aftermath of a recent decision by the U.S. District Court invalidating a biological opinion for the North Atlantic Right Whale. >click to read< 09:21

One Response to Maine Delegation Presses Fisheries Agency for Fair Treatment of Maine Lobster Fishery

  1. muddog says:

    The great pretenders: these 4 politicians could care less for whales, lobster fishermen, and your communities.

    Rigged elections mean they don’t even need your votes.

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