To save whales, Sen. McGuire promotes program to recover entangling crabbing gear
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Reducing fishing gear could save whales with low impacts to California's crab fishermen
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New rules for crab fishing to prevent whale and sea turtle entanglements – Daily Democrat
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Maine gets $5M to support testing of alternative lobster fishing gear to reduce whale entanglement
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Confessions of Whale-loving Crab Eater, by Steven T. Jones, Center for Biological Diversity
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Maine lobstermen and environmentalists welcome $82 million investment in right whale recovery
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Fishing gear entanglement and vessel collisions - ScienceDirect
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Whale Conservation The Nature Conservancy in California
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Whale Conservation The Nature Conservancy in California
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Crab fishermen train as first responders for entangled whales
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This fishing gear can help save whales. What will it take for fishermen to use it? - OPB