MAINE LOBSTERMEN'S ASSOCIATION v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE et al

  1. October 31, 2023

    DC Judge Won't Halt Toss Of Lobster Fishing Rule

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday refused to delay the implementation of a D.C. Circuit ruling that scrapped a biological opinion underpinning lobster fishery restrictions, enacted to protect North Atlantic right whales from entanglements in fishing gear.

  2. September 09, 2022

    Maine, Lobster Fishers' Whale Rule Challenges Fall Flat

    A District of Columbia federal judge has rejected lobster fishers' and the state of Maine's challenges to a U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service rule designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.

  3. May 17, 2022

    Lobster Union Says Feds' Whale Rule Rests On Faulty Data

    A Maine lobster fishers' union on Monday asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to reject the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service's effort to dodge a legal challenge to a rule designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.

  4. September 27, 2021

    Maine Lobster Fishers Fight US Rule Protecting Right Whales

    Maine lobster fishers on Monday asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to force the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service to reconsider a rule designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, arguing that the agency overestimated the industry's impact on the creatures.

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