"That all being said, such Maine politicians may ultimately have themselves to blame. As Steve Robinson noted for Maine Wire in October, "Maine Congressional delegation backed HUGE spending increases for agency threatening lobster industry," referring to funding increases for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA). "

This is such bullshit, you can support funding for a federal agency while still having concerns about the way some of their regulations are applied. Also, you can't just blame NOAA or President Biden, they're simply following the letter of the law of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which was signed into law way back in 1972.