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Golden, Van Drew introduce bill to guarantee critical Gulf of Maine fishing waters are protected from offshore wind development
Congressmen Jared Golden (ME-02) and Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) today introduced the bipartisan Northern Fisheries Heritage ...
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Maine fishermen chosen for experimental shrimp season
For the first time in over a decade, Maine fishermen will return to the water in pursuit of northern shrimp, marking a ...
Maine Dept of Marine Resources announces applicants to participate in Northern Shrimp winter sampling research program
Applicants were chosen after a board reviewed experience, the desired region to fish in, and if the applicant’s boat has ...
7 Maine fishermen will soon go shrimping for first time in a decade
Regulators are leaning on them to collect data that will help evaluate the northern shrimp stock and, potentially, inform the ...
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US government signs agreement ending lawsuit over marine mammal protections in foreign fisheries
The U.S. government has signed a legal agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), ...
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Janet Mills' plan to fill Maine's first budget hole in over a decade
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 ...
NOAA withdraws proposal to protect endangered right whales, prompting frustration
MAINE, USA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes ...
Biden administration withdraws rules to save North Atlantic right whale from collisions
The proposed rules would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters in an attempt to save the endangered ...