The National Marine Fisheries Service withdrew a rule in its final stages of approval that would have imposed strict limits on the number of some protected marine mammals—including whales, dolphins and sea turtles—that can be killed or injured by the West Coast swordfish industry.
Though the fishery has shrunk dramatically in recent years, it uses mile-long drift nets that are notorious for sweeping up bycatch.
“This is the most egregious attack from the Trump administration…