Whether fueled by fear of impending right whale protections or concerns over reports of dwindling numbers of young lobsters, the industry churn that once sent fishermen racing offshore has begun to ...

Nov. 25—PORTLAND, Maine — Right now, lobstermen are hauling their gear out of a 967-square mile stretch of ocean, roughly 30 miles offshore, in the Gulf of Maine. Lobstermen don't want to vacate the ...

Ahead of a first ever offshore wind sale in the Gulf of Maine, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says a sale will have a “minor” effect on marine mammals and commercial fishing. The agency ...

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Lawmakers and a federal appeals court last year defeated a federal plan to save endangered whales by eradicating New England’s lobster industry. With those plans undone, the National Oceanic and ...