FILE -In this Wednesday, July 25, 2018 file photo, lobster fishing boats head out to sea on a foggy morning off South Portland, Maine. The federal government is working on new rules designed to reduce risk to endangered North Atlantic right whales, which can become entangled in ropes that connect to lobster and crab traps in the ocean. Early indications show that the changes required by the rules could be significant. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)