Susan Collins Curtailing Efforts to Protect the North Atlantic Right Whale

[MT Treasurer]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) ... has drafted a provision that would curtail efforts to bolster protections for the North Atlantic right whale.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and other members of the state’s congressional delegation are pushing for a provision in the massive government funding bill that could further endanger the already precarious North Atlantic right whale.

In July, a federal judge ruled that a 2021 regulation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which established new requirements for lobster traps in an effort to reduce the risk of those traps entangling and harming or killing whales, didn’t go far enough. Among other things, the rules limited the number of vertical fishing lines that could be deployed in Maine waters and set new seasonal zone restrictions, but the ruling said the regulations fell short of legal requirements under the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

The judge has since given federal regulators until 2024 to come up with what are expected to be even stricter rules to safeguard the imperiled whale.

The provision, which has not yet been introduced, seeks to block those regulations and cement the 2021 rule for a minimum of 10 years. HuffPost obtained a copy of the draft language late Friday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-susan-collins-moves-block-020450933.html

I’m sure the whale will take comfort in the fact that it’s Susan Collins pushing for this and not Marjorie Taylor Greene. This is why we need more moderates on Capitol Hill.

[Joe Republic]

Collins ought to be deeply concerned about the plight of the whales.

[It’s so Joever]

Based Maine whaling industry.

[dead0man]

I'm still waiting for someone to show me where American lobster trap paraphernalia has harmed a right whale.  Because if there is no evidence of this being a common occurrence (or even just happening once), I don't think we should put the thousands of people in the lobster trade out of business.

[It’s so Joever]

I'm still waiting for someone to show me where American lobster trap paraphernalia has harmed a right whale.  Because if there is no evidence of this being a common occurrence (or even just happening once), I don't think we should put the thousands of people in the lobster trade out of business.

MTTreasurer seems to care more about keeping the animals alive than fellow Americans.

[dead0man]

I'm still waiting for someone to show me where American lobster trap paraphernalia has harmed a right whale.  Because if there is no evidence of this being a common occurrence (or even just happening once), I don't think we should put the thousands of people in the lobster trade out of business.

MTTreasurer seems to care more about keeping the animals alive than fellow Americans.

that was (kinda*) my argument against the redavs when they did this story two weeks ago.



*if right whales are legit being threatened by the lobstermen's methods then, sure, regulate them.  I've seen no evidence of it and the lobstermen say it doesn't happen.

[HillGoose]

east coast whale species?

is she not concerned about the well being of Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis?

[the artist formerly known as catmusic]

east coast whale species?

is she not concerned about the well being of Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis?

this should not have made me laugh as hard as it did

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east coast whale species?

is she not concerned about the well being of Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis?

How does she feel about the Northern White Rhino being functionally extinct?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

east coast whale species?

is she not concerned about the well being of Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis?

How does she feel about the Northern White Rhino being functionally extinct?

Good post.

[Schiff for Senate]

east coast whale species?

is she not concerned about the well being of Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis?

*DeSantass

[Schiff for Senate]

east coast whale species?

is she not concerned about the well being of Chris Christie and Ron DeSantis?

How does she feel about the Northern White Rhino being functionally extinct?

The New England Elephant is practically extinct. As she pointed out, when she entered Congress back in the '90s, there was a thriving population (17 of them I believe). Now? It's a population of just 1 (and Susan Collins, for personal reasons, should be deeply concerned about its future).