MAINE PUBLIC • September 27, 2021
The Maine Lobstermen's Association has filed suit against the federal government over its plan to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from becoming entangled in lobster gear. MLA executive director Patrice McCarron says a 10-year plan issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service this summer should be revised to reflect actions the industry has already taken. "We are literally on a course to have our fishery erased, eliminated in ten years, because the plan's not based upon the science,” she says.