The plan released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration includes a reduction in lobster trap lines and state-specific markings for fishing gear.
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Maine Voices: Endangered right whales need a ‘warp speed’ protection plan
With fewer North Atlantic right whales than there are students at a medium-size Maine high school, we need to step up protection efforts.
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Maine launching seafood brand to reel in pandemic-stranded home cooks
With restaurant business in short supply, Maine is using $1 million of its federal COVID-19 seafood relief funds to promote the ‘Maine Knows Seafood’ program.
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Hundreds of Maine fishermen to get coronavirus aid by Jan. 1
The aid was made available for commercial fishermen, aquaculturists, fishing charter operators and seafood dealers and processors who suffered losses because of the pandemic.
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EU edges closer to eliminating tariffs on Maine lobster
A key European Parliament committee voted overwhelmingly to advance a trade deal to eliminate import duties to Europe on American lobster.
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Maine Voices: The fate of a species is in our hands
Until new, long-term protections for right whales are in place, federal regulators must take emergency action.
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Study finds lobster population healthy off Maine, poor in southern New England
An interstate regulatory group says the American lobster population is in decent shape off of Maine and Canada, but continues to decline in southern New England
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Maine lobster business salvaged its summer despite pandemic
Maine’s lobster fishermen braced for a difficult summer this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the season was unexpectedly decent.
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Eric Trump tells Maine lobstermen: ‘We will never, ever let you down’
At a campaign event in Saco, President Trump’s son touts his father’s support for the iconic fishing industry as the reason Maine should vote to give him a second term.
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Feds to pay Maine lobstermen $50 million to offset trade war losses
Maine lobstermen are eligible for up to $250,000 each as part of a $527 million fishing industry bailout to help offset the impact of China’s retaliatory tariffs.