Administrative/Regulatory,
Admiralty/Maritime,
Environmental & Energy
Mar. 16, 2023
US didn’t do enough to protect whales from fishing, judge rules
U.S. District Judge James Donato, in his order, found the sablefish pot fishery, with its 2-mile long strings of pots to harvest the bottom-dwelling delicacy, were inappropriately issued permits allowing incidental “takes” of the endangered humpback whales.
The National Marine Fisheries Service unlawfully failed to take measures to reduce the accidental injuries and deaths of humpback whales from getting entangled in fishing equipment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge James Donato, in his order, found the sablefish pot fishery, with its 2-mile long strings of pots to harvest the bottom-dwelling delicacy, were inappropriately issued permits allowing incidental “takes” of the...
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