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NOAA Fisheries Announces New Lobster and Jonah Crab Fisheries Regulations to Help Save Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales

September 2, 2021 NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries announced new regulations for the lobster and Jonah crab trap and pot fisheries operating in the Northeast United States to help save endangered North Atlantic right whales by reducing their risk of entanglement in fishing gear. …

Feds Look To Create Jonah Crab Fishery

March 27, 2019 Sean Horgan, Gloucester Daily Times

The ASMFC established the first Jonah crab management plan in 2015. Now, at the request of the commission, NOAA Fisheries is getting into the game with proposed regulations for managing Jonah crabs in federal waters. …