PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 26, 2021
Gov. Mills wrote to the National Marine Fisheries Service on Feb. 19 regarding her “grave concern” about its plan aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales. The letter reveals just how deeply she is is misinformed on this subject. According to a new scientific report, many more right whale mortalities occur beyond the documented ones, pushing the number of human-caused right whale deaths in U.S. waters up even further. Gov. Mills should better inform herself and work to protect right whales, as well as Maine fishermen. ~ Russell Wray, Hancock