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PublishedMarch 3, 2024
Competitive Maine elver fishing lottery offers most licenses since 2013
Sixteen people will gain entry in this year's intense bid for one of the most lucrative fish stocks in the state, but the success rate is still very low.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Value of Maine lobster fishery rebounds in 2023 despite smallest catch in 15 years
Lobstermen brought in $464 million last year, a nearly 20% jump from 2022 that was propelled by a dockside price of $4.95 per pound, the second highest on record.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2024
Fishing regulators say no to catching more elvers, a most valuable species
The baby eels are harvested from rivers and streams in Maine, sold to aquaculture companies and raised to maturity, then resold as food.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2024
With fishermen’s case, the Supreme Court wrestles with the power of federal regulators
The court heard 3½ hours of arguments in 2 challenges brought by commercial fishermen to a fee requirement.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
‘When the Island Had Fish’ is a portrait of Vinalhaven through its most prominent industry
Writer Janna Malamud Smith draws from historical records and interviews with contemporary fishermen to depict the fishing community of Vinalhaven, from bounteous ocean to 'fished out.'
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PublishedDecember 11, 2023
Commercial fishermen need more support for substance use and fatigue, lawmakers say
The federal program is designed to help the nation's fishermen with the often hazardous conditions they face at sea.
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PublishedNovember 8, 2023
Fishing groups sue 13 U.S. tire makers over rubber preservative that’s deadly to salmon
As tires wear, tiny particles of rubber are left behind on roads, breaking down into a byproduct that is deadly to salmon, steelhead trout and other aquatic wildlife when rains wash it into rivers.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
Right whale population levels off after steep decline, but threats remain
A new estimate of the number of surviving North Atlantic right whales indicates that the population has hovered around 350 animals for 3 years.
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Haddock is overfished off New England, regulators say, as they cut quotas
However, numerous fishermen say the assessment of a decline in the stock doesn't match what they're seeing on the water, where haddock appear to them to be plentiful.
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PublishedMay 1, 2023
Supreme Court to consider case involving fishing boat monitor pay
The lawsuit over fishing monitors is part of a long-standing fight between commercial fishing groups and the federal government over who pays for data collection and regulatory compliance.
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