Fishing gear continues to be major killer of whales in North Atlantic
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2011. Conservation and animal protection groups filed a lawsuit yesterday asking a federal court in Massachusetts to hold the National Marine Fisheries Service accountable for continuing to allow four federal fisheries to injure and kill endangered whales, including the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Each year, endangered whales become entangled in commercial fishing gear. Entanglement makes it harder for them…
