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.

MAINE, USA — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has withdrawn a proposed regulation intended to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes. The decision has left conservationists and Maine’s lobster industry expressing disappointment, though for different reasons.

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 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.

Horn says her office will provide the ‘connective tissue’ local governments need as they work on making communities more resilient to climate change.

A new regulation on catchable lobster size could significantly reduce lobster hauls this summer and lobstermen are fighting back.

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted the whales on Jan.

It was the first time she felt she had been heard. She pleaded with state lawmakers Tuesday during a rally at the Maine State House to increase state funding for victims’ services so that she ...

The Network is actively seeking new members. The process of setting up the program has helped to identify additional resources within Maine. National and regional public capital funds, like the ...