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Oregon to start testing ropeless crabbing gear next spring to stop whale entanglements

  • Mia Maldonado

Oregon fishermen will begin testing ropeless crabbing technology next spring in an effort to save whales from often-fatal entanglements. The state since 2021 has taken steps to reduce whale entanglements, including requiring additional late season crabbing tags and limiting how many crabbing pots fishermen can use and how deep they can place them, Oregon Department […]

New Hampshire

New faces cause a stir in the New Hampshire crustacean community

  • Molly Rains

Lobsters have long reigned as king among New Hampshire’s shelled sea creatures, but the chances of a coup are growing — and climate change is tipping the scales. Indeed, said biologist Christopher Peters in an interview this summer, it may already be the case that “the lobster is no longer the king crustacean of the […]