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A new type of “ropeless” fishing gear may save whales off California’s coasts.

NPR recently reported on what is known as “pop-up” fishing gear, which many fishermen say could be a solution to the fishing industry’s harmful effect on whales.

This year, California state regulators closed the Dungeness crab-capturing season two months earlier than normal because of its effect on humpback whales.

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