Pat Keliher has served as commissioner for the Maine Department of Marine Resources for 14 years, the longest anyone has held ...

A marine scientist, a politician and a lobsterman walk onto a dock. Together, in frigid wind chill, they're pulling ...

“I urge fishermen to work together to reduce the amount of gear and endlines in the area in order to protect both the right whales as well as the future of the Maine lobster fishery.” The ...

The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...

Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher will leave the ...

In the words of Captain Jeffery Monroe, who was recently granted an undeserved public platform in an interview on Maine ... whale.” By all measure, the 370 remaining North Atlantic right ...

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) and industry allies recently scored a court victory against the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation, allowing a lawsuit over the “red” listing of lobster to move ...

The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's decision on Thursday and reinstated the protections. The lower court had ruled against a federal law banning lobster fishing ...

An endangered North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted splashing in waters off of New York City last week — ...