Lobster Rules To Protect Whale Will Wait Until 2024

PORTLAND, ME (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that new lobster fishing restrictions designed to conserve rare whales will be delayed until 2024 to give the government time to design them.

The ruling Thursday by a U.S. district judge came on the heels of his July ruling that new, stronger rules are needed to protect the North Atlantic right whale from extinction. The whales are vulnerable to entanglement in fishing gear.

The judge previously ruled that fishing restrictions issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service didn’t go far enough to protect the whales.

He recently ruled that the agency must issue new rules by December 2024.

BY PATRICK WHITTLE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 

About Brian Engles

Brian Engles is a longtime local of the Cape. He studied Film & TV at Boston University and in addition to his role at Cape Cod Broadcasting Media, he also works as a music instructor and records original songs.



CapeCod.com
737 West Main Street
Hyannis, MA 02601
Contact Us | Advertise Terms of Use 
Employment and EEO | Privacy