NOAA: More Measures Are Needed To Reduce Right Whale Entanglements in Fishing Lines
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has formally announced that more risk-reduction measures are needed to reduce endangered Atlantic Right Whale entanglements in gillnets and lobster or crab pot lines. To that end, NOAA said in a notice published this past week: “The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) intends to begin a rulemaking process…