"They're going to say that the rope, you know, caused harm to the whale, and over time, it just was a very slow death," said John Drouin, a Lobsterman from Cutler with over 40 years of experience.

Cutler lobsterman and member of the state Lobster Advisory Council John Drouin told the Press Herald in February that he is “very concerned that NOAA is going to use any bit of information that it can ...