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PublishedApril 13, 2022
Regulators to monitor all New England fishing for certain species
At-sea monitors are workers who collect data on board commercial fishing boats to help inform regulations and management of species.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2022
Fights over illegal fishing worldwide lead to armed conflict, deaths
An Associated Press review of conflict databases found in the past 5 years more than 360 instances of state authorities ramming or shooting at foreign fishing boats, sometimes leading to deaths.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2022
Seafood industry braces for losses of jobs, fish due to sanctions on Russia
In Maine, more than $50 million in seafood products from Russia passed through Portland in 2021, according to federal statistics.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Harvesters of valuable baby eels hope for a stable 2022
Prices have fluctuated wildly since the start of COVID-19 pandemic.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2022
Signs at Portland jetport upset some who depend on fishing for livelihoods
PETA has sponsored billboard-sized signs that urge people to stop eating fish, which some see as an affront to Maine's fishing heritage and a renowned restaurant scene that continues to struggle through the pandemic.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2022
Maine’s most fertile scalloping grounds closed for season
The state's scallop industry has been strong in recent years.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2022
Search ends for survivors from sunken Spanish fishing vessel off Newfoundland
Twelve crew members are still missing after the vessel went down in rough seas.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2022
New England fishermen sue to end industry-funded monitoring program
The federal government requires herring fishing boats to participate in, and pay for, at-sea monitoring programs.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2022
Fishermen charged with falsifying herring-catch records
Five fishermen from Maine and New Hampshire and one corporation were named in the federal indictment.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2022
Judge awards almost $1 million to families of fishermen who died on the Emmy Rose
The Portland-based vessel sank off the coast of Massachusetts in November 2020, claiming the lives of four men in a tragedy that stunned Maine's fishing community.
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