fishing industry
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PublishedOctober 17, 2017
Popular species of New England flounder is overfished, regulators say
Witch flounder is mostly brought to shore by fishermen in Maine and Massachusetts.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2017
Maine’s elver quota could stay the same next year
Regulators are likely to vote Tuesday on the catch limit for 2018.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2017
Maine dealer pleads guilty to trafficking in baby eels caught by poachers
William Sheldon, of Woolwich, was charged with trafficking in more than half a million dollars' worth of elvers.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2017
Herring fishing to be shut down off New England coast in October
Fishermen will be prohibited from catching the bait fish from Oct. 1 to Oct. 28 in the area from southern Maine to Cape Cod.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2017
Maine Voices: Changes in fishing industry a factor when balancing marine uses, development
Portland should protect traditional waterfront uses, but not at the cost of all other economic progress.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2017
Surge of sea lice plagues world salmon industry
Farmers consider the parasite to be the biggest threat to their industry and say the problem is making the fish more expensive to consumers.
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PublishedSeptember 14, 2017
Algae bloom forces suspension of shellfishing in parts of Down East Maine
It's the second straight year that a bloom of Pseudo-nitzschia, a phytoplankton that can carry toxic domoic acid, has forced a closure along large parts of the coast.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2017
New England shrimp fishery likely to have new rules – if it reopens
Regulators could decide in November whether to allow the first shrimp season since 2013.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2017
Maine fishermen, scientists combine forces with goal to save shrimp fishery
A new Fisheries Management Plan has been created for the fishery that has been closed since 2014.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2017
Scientists to meet with fishers of cod, sole about future of fish
The 'port outreach meetings' will focus on assessments of 20 groundfish stocks.
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