Officials confirm 1st case of Maine lobster gear causing the death of endangered right whale
Posted by Classic_Car4776@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 5 comments
itspeterj@reddit
I'm honestly amazed this is the first time
Conductanceman@reddit
Likely the first indisputable, documented, and reported time. There are so few of these animals surviving that each individual death is catastrophic.
budshitman@reddit
Only ~356 individuals remaining, per wikipedia.
The main obstacle to regulation are the roughly 10,000 people in Maine who make their living fishing lobster.
You can get a new job, but not a new planet.
simplebirds@reddit
Chronic entanglement is a horrible, horrible death. That dear soul didn’t deserve that.
Classic_Car4776@reddit (OP)
"Federal officials confirmed Wednesday that an endangered North Atlantic right whale found dead near Martha’s Vineyard in January died from “chronic entanglement” in fishing gear that belonged to a Maine lobsterman.
It’s the first time a member of Maine’s iconic industry has been directly connected to a whale death, and it could have major implications for how lobstermen fish in the future."