Regulators could decide in November whether to allow the first shrimp season since 2013.
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Maine fishermen, scientists combine forces with goal to save shrimp fishery
A new Fisheries Management Plan has been created for the fishery that has been closed since 2014.
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Scientists to meet with fishers of cod, sole about future of fish
The ‘port outreach meetings’ will focus on assessments of 20 groundfish stocks.
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Maine Voices: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument should be left in place
Most of us recognize the need for protected places on land. We need them in marine environments as well.
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Maine Voices: State’s balking at new cap on greenhouse gases threatens our fishing heritage
A stellar regional program limiting emissions deserves support to set stronger goals that will curb ocean acidification and save our fisheries.
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Poachers are taking baby eels. Operation Broken Glass is the response
Federal agencies crack down on unlicensed elver fishermen and illicit sales along the East Coast.
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Retiree Pat Burns thought he’d lend a hand to Georgetown’s bureaucratic matters
Now he’s overseeing a new aquaculture project.
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New Maine laws help aquaculture, displaced people
There is now a single aquaculture license, and increased assistance for residents disrupted by transportation projects.
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Fishery managers to meet over disputed flounder ruling
The fisheries commission says a Trump official’s decision could jeopardize marine resources on the East Coast.
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‘Planting’ oysters in Phippsburg could open up a host of benefits
Concrete ‘castles’ containing oyster larvae are introduced into the New Meadows River.