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California approves whale-friendlier gear for commercial Dungeness crab fishing

Crab-fishing gear intended to pose less danger to whales has been approved for the first time for the commercial Dungeness crab industry by California wildlife officials. So-called pop-up fishing gear hugs the seafloor, rather than using long lines to connect crab traps to the surface, which can potentially entangle and kill whales, according to the […]

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