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Ruling might cancel Alaska commercial king salmon season

A ruling from a U.S. judge in Seattle could effectively shut down commercial king salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska — a valuable industry that supports some 1,500 fishermen — after a conservation group challenged the harvest as a threat to protected fish and the endangered killer whales that eat them

The Independent UK

Investigation under way as ninth dead whale washes up in New Jersey

Authorities looking into ‘unusual mortality events’ amid concern from conservatives and activists that wind turbines are at fault

The Guardian - US

Environmentalists push for tougher oil and gas restrictions to protect rare whale in Gulf of Mexico

Environmental scientists say Rice’s whale, discovered in 2021, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities in the gulf.

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Whale entangled in fishing gear is fighting for its life off Outer Banks, NOAA says

A struggling right whale is “heavily entangled” in fishing gear off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and likely won’t survive, according to NOAA Fisheries biologists.

Tribune News Service

The US may expand speed rules for boaters to protect whales, sparking industry protests

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A federal effort to expand safety measures to protect endangered right whales from boat collisions in the Atlantic Ocean is receiving a big thumbs down from the maritime industry.

Tribune News Service

Billions gone: what’s behind the disappearance of Alaska snow crabs?

Authorities close snow crab season for first time as numbers of the prized seafood crash from 11bn to 2bn in four years

The Guardian - UK

Maine lawmakers snap over lobstermen’s impact on whales

As federal regulators look to impose limits on fishing lines that can entangle an endangered whale species, a bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers is rallying to block rules they say could tank the state’s lucrative lobster industry.

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Maine lawmakers snap over lobstermen's impact on whales - Roll Call

A bipartisan group of Maine lawmakers is rallying to block rules they say could tank the state’s lucrative lobster industry.

Roll Call

North American gray whale counts dwindling for the last two years

An assessment released on Friday shows the population is down 38% from its peak in 2015 and 2016

The Guardian - US

US lobster put on ‘red list’ to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales

The 1m lines from pots used to catch the crustaceans are one of the two main threats to the whales, of which fewer than 340 remain

The Guardian - UK

US agency studies rare whale habitat expansion request

The U.S. government has agreed to a request from environmental groups to study increasing critical habitat designations in Alaska waters for one of the rarest species in the world

The Independent UK

Bloodthirsty great white sharks rip apart whale carcass in horror photo

An adult humpback can weigh around 40 tonnes - far more meat than a fully grown great white would consume each year, which amounts to roughly 12 tonnes

Daily Mirror

What killed the whales? Two found dead off the Florida Keys, and one towed to a marina

Two sperm whales died within seven days of each other in the Florida Keys, according to state and federal officials.

Miami Herald

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