Factoid/2017/10/24
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Lawsuit Over Record Whale Entanglements
- "At least 19 humpback whales, two blue whales and one leatherback sea turtle — each protected by the Endangered Species Act — were found tangled up in crab gear off the West Coast last year...In the past three years, entanglement numbers have exceeded the yearly average of eight whales trapped in fishing gear and are the highest since NOAA began keeping track of fisheries in 1982. Officials with the environmental nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity say those numbers are unacceptable. On Tuesday, Oct. 3, the group filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, claiming the agency has fallen short in preventing Dungeness crab fishery gear from killing humpback, blue whales and leatherback sea turtles. The Fish and Wildlife Department is responsible for granting the fishery its permits." - Excerpt from The Orange County Register.
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