From bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers to boosts for solar and other renewable energy, the climate in the Maine Legislature this session was decidedly pro-environment.
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Rep. Golden’s effort to withhold whale protection money fails
The 2nd District Democrat had proposed pulling the financial plug on lobster fishing restrictions until a scientific tool used to come up with the plan was peer-reviewed.
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Backing lobstermen, Rep. Golden seeks to withhold funds for right whale protections
Rep. Pingree co-sponsors the amendment, as Golden argues that a scientific tool used to assess the lobster industry’s risk to right whales has not been subject to 3rd-party review.
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Lobstermen tell regulators: Give us fewer buoy lines, but let us fish them how we want
Flexibility is the only way Maine’s diverse $485 million fishery can survive, they say at a hearing in Deer Isle.
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Lobstermen fear new rules protecting right whales will harm them
To protect the endangered species, the lobster industry has to change how it operates. Some worry that the changes will endanger them.