The federal government is withdrawing proposed rules that would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale.

Maine still needs to remain compliant with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Keliher says the ASMFC could challenge Maine’s noncompliance, and that could eventually result in no lobsters being exported out of Maine.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators on Friday scrapped a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters off New England. The ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Board previously delayed a proposed gauge size increase – which would increase the legal minimum size of a lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch.

The State of New Hampshire has been notified by the National Marine Fisheries Service of a vacancy for New Hampshire ... fishery resources from 3 to 200 miles off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

A new regulation on catchable lobster size could significantly reduce lobster hauls this summer and lobstermen are fighting back.

Police arrested Jesse Drinkwater, 43, of Portland for reportedly stealing a boat from Four Points Marina Sunday.

Dozens of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted in the Gulf of Maine this week, researchers from the New England Aquarium said Thursday. An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life spotted the whales on Jan.

Land for Maine’s Future is helping Mainers conserve valuable land while increasing access for recreation, farming, fishing and forestry.

It is unusual to see so many right whales off the Maine coast, especially this time of year, but research scientists with the New England Aquarium note that large aggregations have been spotted in several unexpected places over the last 12 months.

The 60,000-pound limit is a far cry from the early 2010’s when fishermen caught more than 10 million pounds of shrimp per year.

The Coast Guard is leading search efforts for two fishermen, a father and son, who were aboard a 34-foot scallop vessel that has been reported missing.