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Bywater t1_ixieel7 wrote

Reply to comment by respaaaaaj in Whole Foods to pause sales of Maine lobster by bostondotcom

>That's fucking idiotic.

Look out before that moment of critical thought catches up to you. You do know what happens when a whale dies of entanglement right? It drowns and gets dragged down to the bottom. Lobsterman know this, scientists know this, most people with half a clue know this. The talking point that "there has never been a Maine related death" is so fucking stupid that only the worst of us repeat it. The only time you get entanglement kills washing up is when infection from the horrific line wounds kills them, the rest of them just end up as whalefalls on the bottom somewhere feeding crabs. They track it by how many of those they study are entangled or show wounds from it (80%) and how many go missing every year.

Fixed line traps kill wales, arguing against that in this day and age? Ya, good luck with that Bub.

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respaaaaaj t1_ixim6yc wrote

There is lots of evidence that Maine lobstermen, unlike Canadian ones, have adopted safer gear in large part because Maine has stricter regulations on it than Canada or other US states (looking at you Massholes). This is punishing Mainers for Massholes and Canadians recklessness

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West_Ad_8279 t1_ixlif9r wrote

savemainelobstermen.org here is a site that’ll help straighten out some of your facts

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Bywater t1_ixmhj7s wrote

> savemainelobstermen.org

Because they clearly would have no bias...

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