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Appeals Court Hands Maine Lobstermen Major Victory in Whale Protection Case

Appeals Court Hands Maine Lobstermen Major Victory in Whale Protection Case
Lobstermen unload lobsters caught in the Gulf of Maine at the Stonington Lobster Co-Op wharf in Stonington, Maine, on July 05, 2019. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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6/19/2023|Updated: 6/20/2023
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) overstepped its authority with a plan for lobstermen to reduce the lines they place in the water by 98 percent within 10 years.

“It’s a huge win,” eighth-generation lobsterman Jason Joyce of Swans Island, Maine, told The Epoch Times.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
Reporter
Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,
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