Strahan v. Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs et al

  1. March 16, 2022

    Activist's Crude Filing In 'Prince Of Whales' Suit Irks Judge

    A Boston federal judge on Wednesday threatened to strike future foul-mouthed legal filings from a pro se whale activist after he referred to defendants in his Endangered Species Act case as "whale-killing bastards."

  2. August 25, 2020

    Wind Developers Try To Duck Mass. Lobster Fishing Row

    Two wind energy companies have told a federal court they should be untangled from an activist's suit seeking to force Massachusetts to change lobster fishing regulations to prevent the use of certain equipment that can harm endangered right whales, saying they are "mere surplusage" in the litigation.

  3. April 29, 2020

    'Prince of Whales' Seeks To Shut Down Mass. Lobster Fishing

    An activist known as the "Prince of Whales" wants Massachusetts barred from authorizing any further lobster pot or gillnet fishing pending the outcome of his suit alleging that state-mandated fishing equipment imperils right whales nearing extinction.

  4. February 10, 2020

    'Prince of Whales' Convinces Court Fishing Gear Poses Threat

    An activist who styles himself the "Prince of Whales" can continue his Endangered Species Act suit against Massachusetts, a federal judge has ruled, finding that the fishing equipment required by the state could imperil right whales nearing extinction.