PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — America's lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges, including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The ...

The growing warmth and saltiness of the Gulf of Maine off New England is causing a dramatic decrease in the production of phytoplankton — microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's ...

MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A record high tide in Maine washed away three historic fishing shacks that had stood since the 1800s and formed the backdrop of countless photographs. Resident Michelle Erskine ...

A solar-powered nursery for kelp cultivation is among 56 projects awarded $214,000 in grants from the Rockland nonprofit Island Institute’s Glenn Fund community impact grants program. The program is ...

PORTLAND (WGME) — The Maine Department of Marine Resources released new lobster industry statistics. After a year of historically high sales in 2021, last year's numbers dropped. In 2021, the average ...

The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost — the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean's food chain. The growing warmth and ...

A school of baitfish swims off the coast of Biddeford, Maine, in this Sept. 3, 2018 file photo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files) PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the waters off the East Coast ...