Activists have sued the federal government to release images of dead orca whales and other marine mammals entangled by commercial fishing boats off the U.S. West Coast. The complaints filed in Alaska and California on Thursday come after the U.S.
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”People have the right to know how commercial fisheries impact marine wildlife,” Tara Brock, Oceana’s Pacific legal director, said in a statement. At the heart of the legal challenge is NOAA’s sometimes conflicting dual mandate: to promote fishing to its maximum sustainable level while also enforcing laws to protect marine mammals.
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