Department of Marine Resources

Carl Wilson has worked at the Maine Department of Marine Resources for 26 years, first leading the state's lobster research and monitoring programs.

New measures recently approved by a commission of East Coast fisheries regulators could change the minimum and maximum catch sizes for lobster in certain Maine waters.

Maine's lobstermen, dealers and regulators are warily eyeing the possibility of a market crash when the big seasonal harvest of recently-molted lobsters —…

Maine U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says the federal government is releasing $300 million in emergency funds to help the nation's seafood sector — including $20…

A federal judge ruled Thursday that federal fisheries regulators are illegally allowing lobster traps that pose a threat to the endangered North Atlantic…

There are an estimated 30,000 Mainers who, one way or another, depend on the state's marine economies, and it seems every one of them is contending with…

The two fishermen who died off the Maine coast Thursday have been identified.The state Department of Marine Resources say the victims are 60-year-old…

State officials are offering a final proposal to federal regulators for changes in the state's lobster fishery aimed at reducing the risk of entanglements…

A showdown over lobsters and whales appears to be brewing between Maine and the federal government.Under direction from Gov. Janet Mills, the Maine…

Fisheries experts from around the region are at the University of Maine at Machias for a two-day conference on what could be the next wave of fisheries…