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Judge: Failure to help whales skirts Endangered Species Act

by Associated Press
| April 13, 2020 12:03 AM

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A judge has ruled the federal government failed to adequately protect endangered whales from lobster fishing activities, sending the industry and regulators scrambling to figure out what the future holds for one of America's most lucrative marine industries.

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