OUR WORK TO PROTECT MAINE'S LOBSTERING HERITAGE CONTINUES...
🦞A Major Legal Victory for Maine’s Lobstermen🦞
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In June 2023, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) secured a historic win when a U.S. Appeals Court ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service’s (NMFS) Biological Opinion and ten-year whale plan, including its extreme 98% risk reduction mandate, are no longer valid.
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This victory followed MLA’s successful push for federal legislation in December 2022 that delayed new whale rules until 2029 and increased funding for right whale research in the Gulf of Maine.
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NMFS must now develop a new Biological Opinion and Final Whale Rule by the end of 2028, using up-to-date science that doesn’t unfairly target Maine’s lobster fishery.
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MLA will continue fighting to ensure that future whale protections also preserve our lobstering heritage but we need your help.
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