California governor backs protecting whales from crab traps

9/26/2016
California Gov. Jerry Brown has introduced legislation aimed at limiting the number of whales caught up in crab traps off his state's coast. Recently ...
There will be a bounty on pots and lines lost by crabbers which cause whales to drown or slowly starve to death. Mary Papenfuss. By Mary Papenfuss.
9/23/2016
Authored by North Coast state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, the Whale Protection and Gear Retrieval Act outlines a fee-based system through ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he signed legislation meant to bring down the record numbers of whales ...
California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he signed legislation meant to bring down the record numbers of whales getting caught in fishing ...
There have been a record number of reported cases of whales getting caught by the ropes of traps set to catch Dungeness crabs. That led crabbing ...

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