Regulators vote to hold the catch limit at a little less than 9,700 pounds.
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Popular species of New England flounder is overfished, regulators say
Witch flounder is mostly brought to shore by fishermen in Maine and Massachusetts.
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Maine’s elver quota could stay the same next year
Regulators are likely to vote Tuesday on the catch limit for 2018.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.