fisheries

The vast majority of U.S. fish stocks were at sustainable levels in 2018, and the number of U.S. fish stocks subject to overfishing remains at a near-all…

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…

Of the iconic shellfish harvested in Maine, lobsters get the most attention, but bivalves--mussels, clams and oysters--also play a significant role in our…

The Gulf of Maine’s blue mussel population is all but disappearing in the inter-tidal zone, according to ecologists at the University of California,…

WASHINGTON - Gulf of Maine haddock is one of six species of domestic fish that federal regulators no longer consider "overfished." That's according to the…

PORTLAND, Maine — Federal regulators are reducing the number of days fishermen can fish for Atlantic herring off of Maine, Massachusetts and New…

Thinking differently about how we buy and prepare seafood. There's a new movement to try and encourage more people to cook "sustainable seafood" - species…

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Federal regulators are set to issue a recommendation about the future of the Gulf of Maine's declining cod fishery.The federal New…

MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine — Maine regulators are implementing an emergency change to fishing rules off of Mount Desert Island to prevent gear conflict…

PORTLAND, Maine — Regulators are set to begin reviewing a report that says the amount of cod spawning in the Gulf of Maine is at an all-time…