PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 28, 2023
Lobstermen have complied with updated regulations to better protect the whale for more than 25 years. These measures are working. No right whale is known to have died because of entanglement in Maine lobster gear. The provision championed by our delegation simply continues the current whale-protection regulations while the federal government goes to work to ensure that accurate data and science determine the lobster fishery’s actual threat to the species. If Maine lobstermen aren’t to blame for the decline in the whale population, we must determine exactly what is and address it together. ~ Susan Saltonstall Duncan, Phippsburg