Maine gets $5M to support testing of alternative lobster fishing gear

MAINE PUBLIC • November 27, 2023

Maine has received more than $5 million from the National fish and Wildlife Foundation to expand the testing of alternative lobster fishing gear. State officials see the work as a way to get more Maine feedback into the hands of federal regulators, who are looking for ways to further reduce the risk of entanglement and injury to critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.