Commissioner urges lobstermen to move gear from area with dozens of right whales

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 17, 2025

Maine’s marine resources commissioner is “strongly urging” lobstermen to move their gear from an area in the Gulf of Maine where over 70 endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted earlier this week. “The ramifications of another entanglement in Maine gear could be devastating to your fishery,” Commissioner Pat Keliher said Friday afternoon.