WGME-TV13 • October ber 6, 2022
Frustration and anger from Maine lobstermen and elected leaders is being directed at federal regulators. It happened at the only in-person meeting with federal officials about proposed rules to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. More than 500 people packed into a USM auditorium as they hoped to tell NOAA exactly how they feel about these rules. "This is about wiping us off the map," said one person early into the public comment section of the meeting. Maine lobstermen laid into federal officials during the three-hour event. They say they've long bent over backward to follow the rules.