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MAINE, USA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes. The decision has left conservationists and Maine’s lobster industry expressing disappointment, though for different reasons.

Crews entered frigid water to save a Maine dog who fell through the ice on Cobbossee Stream in Gardiner on Tuesday.

Withdrawal of an environmental rule by NOAA with an estimated economic impact of $46.2 million along the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to Maine has drawn bipartisan

Maine still needs to remain compliant with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Keliher says the ASMFC could challenge Maine’s noncompliance, and that could eventually result in no lobsters being exported out of Maine.

The proposed speed limits would have impacted all ferry service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as ferries from Boston to Provincetown.

Sturgeon spottings have become more common in rivers in Centeral and Southern Maine in the last four or five years. “One thing we know about sturgeon is that they like to come back to the river where they were spawned,” explains Lankshear. And now there’s an added bonus for strurgeon making a comeback in Downeast waters.

The announcement marks a defeat for conservationists, marine scientists and the effort to protect the critically endangered species from extinction.

The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered North Atlantic right whale vulnerable to extinction.

NOAA has proposed new speed restrictions for boats across the East Coast that Gov. Maura Healey hopes will be amended.