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Off-shore slow speed zone aims to add protection for whales |
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Seeking to add new protections for the habitat's endangered right
whales, NOAA Fisheries Service on Monday announced a vessel speed
restriction zone in the vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge, which runs from
about 10 miles due east of Cape Ann north-northeast for about 30 miles.
The action comes one week after the Humane Society of the United States and other environmental groups filed suit against NOAA Fisheries, asking a federal court in Massachusetts to hold the NOAA Fisheries accountable for continuing to allow four federal fisheries to injure and kill endangered whales, including the northern right whale. Read the complete story in The Gloucester Times
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Monterey Bay's historic "wetfish" industry is under attack by extremist groups who claim overfishing is occurring. Touting studies with faulty calculations, activists are lobbying federal regulators to massively limit fishing, if not ban these fisheries outright. Apparently the facts don’t matter to groups with an anti-fishing agenda
