Maine’s top fisheries manager to retire, offers advice for successor
Pat Keliher has served as commissioner for the Maine Department of Marine Resources for 14 years, the longest anyone has held ...
Right whale sighting off Ocean City, Maryland, coast: 'Slow Zone' in effect through March
The Ocean City buoy operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and University of Maryland Center for Environmental ...
Lobstermen see controversial fishing gear in action for the first time
A marine scientist, a politician and a lobsterman walk onto a dock. Together, in frigid wind chill, they're pulling ...
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Maine’s marine resources chief urges boaters to avoid right whales, pauses some enforcement
“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 ...
Maine's marine resources chief retires after 14 influential years
Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher will leave the ...
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Judge rules lawsuit by Maine lobster industry against Monterey Bay Aquarium can move forward
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 ...
Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
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 ...
Endangered whale and newborn calf make rare winter visit to NYC waters: ‘Sign of hope’
An endangered North Atlantic right whale and her calf were spotted splashing in waters off of New York City last week — ...
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Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Commercial fishermen who hoped ... gear is one of the biggest threats to the North Atlantic right whale, which numbers less than 380 and is in decline.