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Fishing groups challenge Obama’s creation of underwater national monument

by PATRICK WHITTLE March 7, 2017March 7, 2017

The designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument closed nearly 5,000 square miles to most commercial fishing.

Science educator Julia Maine wants to show community members the bounty that can come from sea farms.

by PATRICK WHITTLE February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

The baby eels caught in Maine waters can be worth more than $2,000 per pound.

by PATRICK WHITTLE February 25, 2017February 27, 2017

Fishermen and fish camp owners say smelters this year are catching their limits.

by PATRICK WHITTLE February 20, 2017February 21, 2017

Federal regulators say solving the problem is a key goal for the fishery.

There’s some dispute about how routine rules would be affected, but larger actions would be all but undoable under the presidential executive order.

by PATRICK WHITTLE February 8, 2017

The fishery includes about 425 fishermen and the average age is older than 50, a legislator says.

Fishermen are now allowed to catch about 9,700 pounds of the baby eels during the season.

They say they want to stretch out the amount of herring that fishermen can catch over the course of the year.

Fortunately, the fish have a ‘black box’ to help her with her work in the Gulf of Maine