A controversial proposal looking to increase the minimum catch sizes for lobster has officially been repealed by the Atlantic ...

The commission voted Tuesday to repeal key elements of a proposed increase to minimum allowable catch sizes for Gulf of Maine ...

After years of controversy and opposition, a board that regulates the lobster industry voted Tuesday to repeal minimum gauge restrictions that lobstermen were concerned would have seriously harmed ...

The U.S. government has signed a legal agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Animal Welfare Institute ...

Federal lawmakers from the U.S. state of Florida have introduced legislation to block NOAA Fisheries from closing the ...

A person walks by the boarded-up windows of the Multnomah County Elections building on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Portland, Ore., after a group of people broke dozens of windows and spray painted ...

A group of hooded and masked people broke dozens of windows and spray painted anti-government graffiti on the Multnomah County Elections building in what Portland police called an “orchestrated ...

Trump admin seen as less supportive of marine conservation. Right whale population under 380 due to ship collisions. PORTLAND, Maine : The federal ... The new vessel speed rules proposed by the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP ... The new vessel speed rules proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service more than two years ago have been the topic of much debate among shippers, commercial ...

The State of New Hampshire has been notified by the National Marine Fisheries Service of a vacancy for New Hampshire ... fishery resources from 3 to 200 miles off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, ...

For its part, comments that the Maine Lobstermen's Association submitted to ... “It is imperative that the issue of US vessel strikes be addressed, however, [National Marine Fisheries Service] must ...