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Court restores the protection of endangered whales to prevent confusion in fishing gear
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Court restores the protection of endangered whales to prevent confusion in fishing gear

Portland, Maine (AP) – commercial fishermen who hoped for unloading the fishing rules under President Donald Trump’s administration met a setback when a federal appealed court reintroduced rules intended to protect a declining whale from being confused in fishing equipment.

The Boston-based 1st US circuit court led a lower court’s decision on Thursday and reintroduced the protection. The lower court had decided against a federal law that prohibits lobster fishing for a 200-Nautic mile off the New England coast from February 1 to April 30 per year.

Deadly intrase in lobster fishing equipment is one of Biggest threats to the North Atlantic right elections, as numbers less than 380 and are in decline. The other major threat is collisions with large vessels.

The winter fishing ban is important for the survival of the whales because it takes place for months where the giant animals are present in large numbers outside the New England coast, says a group of environmental organizations that were correct to reintroduce the closure. The appeal court decision “represents a great victory for the preservation of the right choice,” said Jane Davenport, a leading lawyer with defenders of wildlife, one of the groups that were correct.

The closure “affects only a handful of lobes for three months but protects the right whales from the deadly fishing gear to drive this species against extinction,” said Davenport.

The court’s decision came at a time when some in seafood and other maritime industries Say they are hopeful Trump are more responsive to their needs. The Maritime industry Got a victory days before Trump took office because the federal government withdrew a proposal that would have required more vessels to slow down into the East Coast water to protect the elections. The authorities said there was no way to implement the rules before Trump took office.

Commercial fishermen decide how to respond to the appeal court’s decision on lobster fishing, says Beth Casoni, CEO of Massachusetts Lobersenden’s Association.

“While we are disappointed at the ruling that has been handed over today, we work with our advice on what our alternatives are for our next move,” Casoni said.

The right elections were once abundant off the east coast but decimated during the commercial whaling time for generations ago and has been slow to recover. Some researchers have said that heating sea temperatures is a problem for whales because they cause the animals to go from established protected zones in search of food.