menhaden

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine officials want to close a lobster bait fishery to newcomers while they develop new management, licensing and an enforcement…

PORTLAND, Maine - The reopening of the fishery for a species of schooling fish could boost Maine's lobster industry during a season in which its favored…

Good news for Maine lobstermen: Just as a scarcity of the herring they use to bait their traps has closed that fishery, state officials are expanding the…

Environmentalists and commercial fishing groups on the East Coast are divided over a decision to increase the amount fishermen can catch of an…

LINTHICUM, Md. - Interstate fishing regulators are deciding whether they want to change the way they manage a tiny fish that plays a critical role in the…

PORTLAND, Maine - Conservationists and fishing groups say big changes potentially coming to the management of a tiny fish could have huge implications for…

A big decision about the future of a little fish is attracting the attention of ocean conservation groups.Industry players are petitioning the Marine…

PORTLAND, Maine - Interstate fishing regulators say prospects are good for menhaden, a fish that is critical to the health of the ocean.The Atlantic…

PORTLAND, Maine - Maine's Department of Marine Resources has reopened the menhaden fishery, after closing it earlier this month.Department spokesperson…

PORTLAND, Maine - A multi-state regulatory board is approving higher catch limits for Atlantic menhaden, a fish that plays important roles as bait and…