US Groups Threaten Canadian Snow Crab Imports Over Whale Deaths

US Groups Threaten Canadian Snow Crab Imports Over Whale Deaths
Marine scientists get a close look at an injured North Atlantic right whale approximately 65 miles east of Provincetown, Mass., in this file photo. AP Photo/Kevin Mingora, Pool
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OTTAWA—An alliance of U.S. environmental groups is preparing to ask Washington to ban imports of Canadian snow crab unless Ottawa steps up its efforts to save the endangered Atlantic right whales.

Another right whale was found dead in the Atlantic this week, bringing to 16 the total number of the endangered mammals which have died off the East Coast of Canada and the United States this summer.