A federal appeals court heard arguments Friday from the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, which is challenging a government plan to regulate the fishery and conserve endangered right whales. …
The Maine Certified Sustainable Lobster Association (MCSLA), comprising a number of companies operating in the Gulf of Maine, formally withdrew its fishery from the MSC program. …
The landmark six-year pause on any new federal whale regulations gave Maine’s multimillion dollar lobster fishery a chance to gather itself after years of fighting new restrictions aimed at protecting the rapidly disappearing North Atlantic right whales. …
As of Jan. 1, all Maine lobstermen now have to report data on their harvests to the state and to the commission. …
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden and Governor Janet Mills announced December 20 that they were successful in securing a regulatory pause and research funding for Maine’s lobster industry in the omnibus appropriations bill that is expected to pass the Senate and House, according to a press release. …
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