Endangered right whales could wait almost a decade for new US protections
- SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- New protections for endangered right whales in the North Atlantic would be postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington last week with the full-throated support of the fishing and lobster industries.
- Environmentalists say this could spell the end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats.
- There are only about 380 North Atlantic right whales left.
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- SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- New protections for endangered right whales in the North Atlantic would be postponed for nearly a decade under a plan that cleared a key hurdle in Washington last week with the full-throated support of the fishing and lobster industries.
- Environmentalists say this could spell the end for the vanishing whales, which can drown after getting tangled up in fishing gear or being struck by boats.
- There are only about 380 North Atlantic right whales left.
Sources: Abcnews