State lawmakers are considering a bill to support lobstermen who test new types of fishing gear, a response to federal restrictions to protect endangered right whales.

Senate Majority Leader Eloise Vitelli (D-Arrowsic) is sponsoring LD 1552, which would set aside $1 million a year for the next two years to provide stipends to lobstermen to test new lobster gear.

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