The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators on Friday scrapped a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters off New England. The ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Board previously delayed a proposed gauge size increase – which would increase the legal minimum size of a lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch.

The tax and fee changes that Gov. Janet Mills put forward last week in her budget only add up to about $150 million in a two-year state spending plan that tops $11.6 billion. But new taxes and fees are always controversial,

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, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

A father-son pair of commercial fishermen went missing Saturday night off the coast of northern Maine, authorities said.

The proposed rules would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters in an attempt to save the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

NOAA Fisheries invested USD 7 million (EUR 6.8 million) in grants and agreements through its Pacific Islands Regional Office over the course of 2024, funding wildlife conservation, regulatory operations, and fishery improvement efforts.

Brunswick airport’s toxic foam spill highlighted the need to transition to safer alternatives. A Brunswick legislator is pushing for that to happen.

A group of about 75 endangered North Atlantic right whales was spotted off the western edge of Jeffreys Ledge. That's about 20 percent of the surviving population.

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Forecast issued at 4:15 pm EDT on Sunday 19 January 2025. Partly cloudy. The chance of fog in the early morning. Slight chance of a shower near the Otways in the evening. Near zero chance of rain elsewhere. Winds south to southeasterly and light becoming ...