The National Marine Fisheries Service has adopted new monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen of groundfish, like haddock and flounder, to try to improve the accuracy of the data.

Maine fisheries scientist nominated to head marine resources agency Carl Wilson will temporarily replace Patrick Keliher as commissioner but must win Senate approval to keep the post on a ...

The delay proposed by Republican Rep. Buddy Carter concern new vessel speed rules issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service that are being finalized by the federal government.

In the federal lawsuit, “Maine Lobstermen’s Association v National Marine Fisheries Service,” the plaintiffs assert that the fisheries service’s “biological opinion,” the basis for the ...

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The National Marine Fisheries Service has accepted a petition filed by a trio of environmental groups seeking to list Oregon’s Chinook salmon populations as threatened or ...

Pat Keliher has served as commissioner for the Maine Department of Marine Resources for 14 years, the longest anyone has held that position. advertisement WCSH-TV Portland, ME ...

Last week a federal judge ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service can no longer continue to issue permits for the incidental take of humpback whales when they get tangled in sablefish pot ...