To prevent whales from getting tangled in lobster gear, the federal government wants to see a 50% reduction in the number of ropes, called 'vertical lines', between traps and lobster buoys. But Maine lobstermen say the whales aren’t in their fishing waters, and that the regulations would hurt them without helping the whales.
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