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Animals, U.S. Congress

Swipe Bills

House Bill

Should Congress push back the deadline for new whale-protection fishing gear rules to 2035?

Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026 (H.R. 9436)

Federal regulators would get until 2035 instead of 2028 to issue new rules protecting whales from lobster and crab fishing gear.

  • Extends the deadline for new regulations from 2028 to 2035
  • Covers rules to protect the endangered Atlantic large whale from certain lobster and crab fishing gear
  • Rules must require the American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries to use existing and innovative gear technologies as appropriate

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