The feds are shellin’ out millions of dollars to the Bay State for new lobster fishing gear in the hopes of protecting North Atlantic right whales. The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules ...

The wind is whipping the sides of the dock on this bright, cold afternoon in Jonesport. "I think my fingers are too frozen." Brooke Hachey of the Sunrise County Economic Council is leading a ...

The trees have become a sought-after backdrop for social media posts, holiday cards and even marriage proposals.

A group of Massachusetts lobster fishers has sued the federal government over an emergency closure of fishing grounds that is designed to protect a vanishing species of whale.The closure, enacted Feb.

Scientists and officials in New England hope to collect better data about a vanishing whale species, improve fishing gear to avoid harming the animals, and make other changes as Massachusetts and ...

Wearing a sharp three-piece black suit and his hair neatly coiffed, Matthew Cope looks nothing like a laid-back lobster fisherman at the helm of Mystique Lady as he climbs the stairs into the ...