Regulators are likely to vote Tuesday on the catch limit for 2018.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Maine dealer pleads guilty to trafficking in baby eels caught by poachers
William Sheldon, of Woolwich, was charged with trafficking in more than half a million dollars’ worth of elvers.
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Posted inBusiness
Herring fishing to be shut down off New England coast in October
Fishermen will be prohibited from catching the bait fish from Oct. 1 to Oct. 28 in the area from southern Maine to Cape Cod.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Algae bloom forces suspension of shellfishing in parts of Down East Maine
It’s the second straight year that a bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, a phytoplankton that can carry toxic domoic acid, has forced a closure along large parts of the coast.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
New England shrimp fishery likely to have new rules – if it reopens
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.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
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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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.
Posted inMeet, Source
Retiree Pat Burns thought he’d lend a hand to Georgetown’s bureaucratic matters
Now he’s overseeing a new aquaculture project.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
New Maine laws help aquaculture, displaced people
There is now a single aquaculture license, and increased assistance for residents disrupted by transportation projects.