With just two days to spare, Maine’s lobster industry on Saturday won an emergency motion to stop an impending seasonal closure of lobster fishing in federal waters off the state's coast. The closure ...

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - Maine lobstermen will not have to stop fishing in an area slated to be off limits from October through January. According to a release from the Maine Lobstering Union, the ...

Oct. 17—AUGUSTA, Maine — A judge on Saturday blocked the seasonal closure of nearly 1,000 square miles of water off the Maine coast to traditional lobstering in a massive victory for the industry over ...

Cliff House Beach in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. (AnnMarie Hilton/Maine Morning Star) Previous attempts to extend Maine’s jurisdiction over coastal waters faced legal hurdles, but one lawmaker is trying ...

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Marine Resources has been granted intervenor status in a federal lawsuit brought over new lobstering restrictions intended to protect endangered North ...

In “The lobster trap,” The Boston Globe and the Portland Press Herald zoomed in on a small island central to Maine’s signature industry, smack dab in the crosshairs of global climate change. Reporters ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s proposal for protecting endangered right whales from entanglements in lobster gear would maintain the status quo for the number of trap lines in inshore waters where most ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's proposal for protecting endangered right whales from entanglements in lobster gear would maintain the status quo for the number of trap lines in inshore waters where ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine hospital says it will provide parenting ...