US judge wants plan to protect humpback whales from fishery

A U.S. judge ruled the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to develop a plan to protect humpback whales from fishermen in Oregon, California and Washington.

OREGON, USA — A U.S. judge this week ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the law when it failed to develop a plan to prevent West Coast commercial sablefish fishermen from harming humpback whales.

The Endangered Species Act requires the fisheries service to develop a plan to reduce the number of whales accidentally injured or killed by the fishery, but the agency neither crafted such a plan nor started to create one, the ruling said.

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