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Category: Management

Whale Rule Enforcement: Communication and Common Sense

Posted on May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 by Patrick Keliher, Department of Marine Resources Commissioner in Management

Despite efforts by Maine’s delegation and Governor Mills to get the federal whale rule implementation date pushed to July 1, NOAA did not budge on that request, and the new federal regulations went into effect … Continue reading →

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Electronic Tracking to be Required for Federally-Permitted Lobster Vessels

Posted on May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 by Melissa Waterman in Management

On March 31, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Management Board voted to require federally permitted vessels fishing for lobster and Jonah crab to use electronic vessel tracking devices next year. Vessels from … Continue reading →

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Guest column: Collision course? ASMFC draft Addendum 27 and the Take Reduction Team

Posted on April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 by Patrick Keliher, Commissioner DMR in Management

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is moving forward with a new Addendum intended to support the resiliency of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank (GOM/GBK) lobster stock.As discussed in past industry meetings, the one … Continue reading →

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Midwater Herring Trawlers Win Court Case

Posted on April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 by Kirk Moore, National Fishermen in Management

This article was first published in National Fishermen and appears here with permission. A federal court ruling could reopen some Northeast waters to mid-water herring trawlers, after a 2019 rule change that shut them out … Continue reading →

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“Tough Times Ahead” warns DMR

Posted on January 31, 2022April 7, 2022 by Melissa Waterman in Management

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) addressed several of the state’s seven zone councils during January, and will finish this round of meetings in February. Department staff updated zone council members on the status of … Continue reading →

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Where Do The Lobster Trap Tag Fees Go?

Posted on January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 by MLA Staff in Management

By Jeff Nichols, DMR communications director As many of you know, the Department of Marine Resources has had to increase the cost of trap tags. Commissioner Keliher avoided implementing this increase for as long as … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: A tough time to predict the future

Posted on November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 by Patrick Keliher in Community Voices, Federal, Management, Miscellaneous, Science, Whales

I came across this quote from Mark Twain the other day: “Predictions are difficult, especially when it involves the future.” Not a day goes by that I don’t hear a question from a fisherman about … Continue reading →

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Maine’s Owner-operator Management System a Success

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Management

A quiet man lobsters out of Owls Head. His boat is new, to him, a refurbished 46-footer bought to fish offshore. He started lobstering when he was a child, graduating from a skiff to a … Continue reading →

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Maine’s Lobster Management System Built on Local, State Collaboration

Posted on October 6, 2021October 6, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Management

A long, indented coast. Small boats operating from small harbors. Sharp contrasts in tides, current, bottom features. The complex elements of the Maine coast have created a complicated fishery, one whose management has evolved over … Continue reading →

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Maine Lobster Fishery Traits Rare in Modern Fisheries

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Management

Each day Maine lobstermen roll out of bed in the pre-dawn hours, make their way to the wharf, collect their sternmen and row out to their boats. They bait up, if they haven’t done so … Continue reading →

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