"Cory McDonald removes a bait bag from a lobster trap while fishing off the coast of Stonington. Gov. Janet Mills is pushing back on a federal mandate to reduce the number of vertical lines used by Maine lobstermen as part of an effort to protect endangered right whales. She said Maine's lobster industry isn't the primary problem in recent whale deaths, and that the federal mandate to reduce lines by 50 percent is an ""absurd federal overreach."""
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