Judge’s Rejection of Lobstering Ban Draws Praise of Industry, Ire of Environmentalists

Lobster industry advocates and environmental groups offered starkly different reactions Sunday to a judge’s decision blocking a federal ban on lobstering in a section of the Gulf of Maine designed to protect the endangered right whale.

Judge Rules Lobster Fishing Impact on Right Whales Needs Study

April 14, 2020 MaineBiz

A judge has ruled that federal fishery managers haven’t fully analyzed the impact of lobster fishing on endangered North Atlantic right whales.