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Earlier snow crab season, ship speed limits announced to protect North Atlantic right whales

New measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, including an earlier start and end to the snow crab fishing season in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, fixed and temporary closures where whales are spotted, and an earlier speed restriction for ships in the western gulf have been announced.  

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