California governor backs protecting whales from crab traps

Friday, September 23, 2016 - 16:57 in Biology & Nature

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday that he signed legislation meant to bring down the record numbers of whales getting caught in fishing gear meant for Dungeness crabs, causing unknown numbers of the entangled mammals to drown or starve....

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