Maine
Maine Fish Stocking Reports Available Online
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is posting daily updates on its 2013 fish stocking efforts. Instead of hearing when and where the hatcheries have stocked well after the season has ended, anglers now will be able...
High-Tech Buoy Deployed on Maine Pond
On Thursday , environmental scientists in the area and around the world will begin to gain a much better understanding of how Great Pond works. The improvement will come with the deployment of a high-tech, $20,000 buoy, the...
NH, ME Sue Owner of Tanker that Hit Bridge
SeacoastOnline: The states of New Hampshire and Maine have filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of the Portuguese tanker MV Harbour Feature for millions of dollars in damage caused when the ship crashed into the Sarah Mildred Long...
Maine Supports Bill to Let Draggers to Keep Lobsters
Bangor Daily News: Though a similar proposal was roundly rejected in 2007, a bill that would allow lobsters caught in drag nets to be kept and sold in Maine is back before the Legislature. Like the last time around,...
Body Found on Bailey Island, ME
Kennebec Journal: The state medical examiner has ruled that the man found dead last week on Bailey Island drowned. The body of 28-year-old Ryan Johnson of Harpswell was found on the shore by a fisherman last Thursday morning...
Great Schooner Race 2013 Set for July 5
Bangor Daily News: Though it’s barely spring, the captains of some of the most revered traditional schooners in America are already plotting strategy for Friday, July 5, 2013, when they will take part in the largest annual gathering of...
Elver Gold Rush Compares to Urchin Boom & Bust
Bangor Daily News: Elvers, the spaghetti-thin transparent juvenile American eels, may be the most sought-after commercial marine species in Maine right now, but they are not the first to rocket to prominence due to demand in the Far East....
Plan to Open No-Fishing Zones Stirs Opposition
Portland Press Herald: A proposal by the New England Fishery Management Council could open up portions of protected, closed areas of the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank to commercial fishing to compensate for dramatic cuts in catch limits...
Maine Man Charged with Elver Poaching
Bangor Daily News: The Maine Marine Patrol charged a Rockland man with illegal possession of elvers this week after he reportedly was caught with 11 pounds of the baby eels, worth $22,100. Dale A. Boyington, 36, was issued...
Teen Surfer Rescued off Biddeford, ME
Portland Press Herald: A teenage surfer got a scare Saturday when he was pulled by a riptide away from the shore at Fortunes Rocks in Biddeford , but he was quickly helped back to land by a...
