Guest Column: Canadian Lobster Fishery Works to Protect Right Whales
One of the most critical issues facing the lobster sector in North America is how we work together to manage fishery interactions with the North Atlantic right whales (NARW).It goes without saying that the lobster sector in Canada and the United States must do everything possible to protect the North Atlantic right whale. The impact that the 18 reported deaths in 2017 has had on the entire NARW population cannot be overstated. However, some of the reporting to date has contained a lack of...