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A Beached Whale Has Reignited the Fight Between Conservationists and Maine’s Lobster Industry
Federal officials have linked ropes tangled in a dead endangered whale’s fin to Maine lobster equipment.
By Kiley Price
At the end of January, an endangered female North Atlantic right whale washed ashore on Martha’s Vineyard. Federal officials found rope twisted around the dead whale’s tail, which had worn away flesh over time, evidence of a “chronic entanglement,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.