Saving Whales the Easy Way? Less lobstering could mean fewer deaths

A controversial new study argues that the U.S. lobster fishery in the Gulf of Maine could have the better of two worlds: less work to make the same profit and fewer whales dying as a result of getting tangled in lobster gear.

DEATH TANGLE. Remains of a North Atlantic right whale (top), entangled in lobster gear, lie on the beach.