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Gulf of Maine’s Cashes Ledge: Efforts to Extend Federal Protections Rankles Fishing Industry

September 1, 2015 — Several conservation groups are calling on the White House to designate an area of the Gulf of Maine as a National Monument. The Cashes Ledge Closed Area is considered important habitat for cod, and The Conservation Law Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and others say it must be protected.

This story includes a clarification. See Editor’s Note below.

But opponents of the idea, including Maine Gov. Paul LePage, say such a move is undemocratic and unfair to fishermen.

The area known as Cashes Ledge is about 80 miles off the Maine and the Massachusetts coast, covers about 500 square miles and contains the largest kelp forest in the North Atlantic.

It contains an underwater mountain range where the highest peak – known as Ammen Rock – comes to within 30 feet of the ocean surface. Not only is it a beautiful and diverse habitat, says Sean Mahoney of the Conservation Law Foundation, “but Cashes Ledge is such a key area if we’re going to have any hopes of restoring iconic fish like cod.”

Read the full story at MPBN News

 

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