Lobster and crab fishing banned in Massachusetts Bay for 3 months to protect endangered whales

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The NOAA on Tuesday said, under an emergency rule, lobster and crab fishermen will have to remove their traps, pots and other gear in the restricted area from Feb. 1 to Apr. 30, citing threats to the North Atlantic right whale.

A North Atlantic right whale appears at the surface on March 28, 2018, off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday said the emergency rule, which was also deployed in 2022, means that trap and pot fishermen fishing federal waters in an area known as the Massachusetts Restricted Area Wedge must remove all their trap and pot gear, and may not reset trawls or set new trawls, from Feb. 1 to April 30.

 

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