As part of its joint responsibility with U.S Fish and Wildlife Service for implementing the Endangered Species Act, NOAA reviewed whether alewife and blueback herring require protections under the Act. A comprehensive status review determined … Continue reading
In the coming weeks, DMR will hold meetings with the seven Lobster Zone Councils to facilitate the development of a plan that meets targets established by the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (TRT) for … Continue reading
As it has during its 64-year history, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) is once again seeking a place at the table for Maine’s lobstermen in the face of potentially crippling new regulations from federal fisheries … Continue reading
First published in Landings, September, 2013. Approximately 100 Maine lobstermen attended a series of four meetings held in Machias, Ellsworth, Rockland and Portland held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in August. NMFS updated … Continue reading
First published in the MLA Newsletter, April, 2012. The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), in collaboration with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and Maine Sea Grant, conducted a series of meetings in November … Continue reading
First published in the MLA Newsletter, December, 2011 Cooke Aquaculture charged with illegal pesticide discharge Cooke Aquaculture of New Brunswick and three of its officials were criminally charged in early November with using illegal pesticides … Continue reading
A national environmental group is petitioning federal regulators to list alewives and blueback herring as a “threatened species” because of declining populations in other states along the Eastern Seaboard. But even if the National Marine … Continue reading
First published in the MLA Newsletter, August, 2011 In July, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) began the rulemaking process through a series of public scoping meetings to discuss options to reduce the risk of … Continue reading
First published in the MLA Newsletter, July, 2011. Bluefin tuna not an endangered species The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced in May that Atlantic bluefin tuna do not warrant species protection under the … Continue reading
First published in the MLA Newsletter, July, 2011. This summer the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will hold a series of public scoping meetings in Maine to discuss options to reduce the risk of entangling … Continue reading
