Maine fisheries

The Maine Department of Marine Resources has hired Meredith White to lead the Nearshore Marine Resources Program, which was formally known as the Shellfish Management Program. The program will support communities and shellfish harvesters as they confront climate change in Maine waters.

Harvesting softshell clams has been a part of Gouldsboro’s culture and economy for generations. But warming ocean temperatures have led to an explosion of the invasive green crabs, which eat the clams. Now, a group of volunteers are working to revitalize the local fishery.

To be eligible, recipients must be at least 18 as of January this year and be a resident commercial license holder who renewed a license held in 2021.

Maine's Department of Marine Resources Commissioner will discuss the health of Maine’s fisheries – from scallops to herring, shrimp to lobster - and…