The Maine Department of Marine Resources has selected seven fishermen to go shrimping next month. It's a rare opportunity — the first time in 10 years that any northern shrimp have been caught and sold in Maine.

The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators on Friday scrapped a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters off New England. The ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Board previously delayed a proposed gauge size increase – which would increase the legal minimum size of a lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said Wednesday. The move in the waning days of the Biden ...

For the first time in over a decade, Maine fishermen will return to the water in pursuit of northern shrimp, marking a cautious revival of a long-cherished winter fishery.

The U.S. government has signed a legal agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Animal Welfare Institute demanding regulators block imports from foreign fisheries that are not adequately protecting marine mammals.

The tax and fee changes that Gov. Janet Mills put forward last week in her budget only add up to about $150 million in a two-year state spending plan that tops $11.6 billion. But new taxes and fees are always controversial,

Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) today introduced the bipartisan Northern Fisheries Heritage Protection Act of 2025.

Forecast issued at 4:15 pm EDT on Sunday 19 January 2025. Partly cloudy. The chance of fog in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower near the Otways in the evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds south to southeasterly and light becoming ...

NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.” Green said the sanctuary will complement the existing marine national monument and allow for the development of a new sail plan that ...

The two fishermen were aboard a 34-foot scallop vessel that changed course due to poor sea conditions and did not arrive at its expected destination.