Maine's government does not believe right whales are at risk, the Federal government does; specifically the National Marine Fisheries Service, which the State of Maine is suing to try and get the decision reversed. Iirc the Governor and all our representatives in Congress have been vocally outspoken in this for years as NOAA was looking into restrictions on lobster fishing back in 2020 but had no meaningful plan to protect right whales from the thing actually killing them, cruise and cargo liners, proving the environment only matters if it's not in the way of major industry