Costs of using ropeless fishing gear could sink MA lobster fishery: new report

Experts often say the lobster fishery will have to move to innovative “ropeless” fishing gear to protect North Atlantic right whales from entanglement. Fewer than 340 of the critically endangered whales are left. But a new report says Massachusetts lobstermen may be headed for troubled economic waters if they make the switch.

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Ropeless gear could sink Mass. lobster fishery, report finds

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Costs of using ropeless fishing gear could sink MA lobster fishery: new report

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