“This project will enable Gouldsboro to take actions to sustain existing shore access agreements,” the grant reads. “It will also create a plan for coastal infrastructure investments over the next 20 to 30 years that will reduce vulnerability to sea-level rise, storm surges and runoff from intense storms.”
“This paper demonstrates that just as these mortalities in the Gulf of St. Lawrence are caused by humans, the reason that right whales were driven from their typical foraging habitat pre-2010 is most likely human-caused as well.”
Several conservation agencies that have been fighting the National Marine Fisheries Service in federal court over the agency’s protections for the right whales filed additional claims on Sept. 9.
WINTER HARBOR — More than 150 state legislators from across Maine have sent a letter to President Joe Biden calling on him to rescind the closure of a large swath of offshore lobster fishing ground that was part of the new rules for the fishery in order to protect right whales. The rule put forward …
BAR HARBOR — Fishery regulators up and down the East Coast met in a series of remote meetings last week to help them address how fishery management needs to evolve to handle an era of climate change in the coming decades. “We’re likely going to have to approach things differently in order to cope with …
BAR HARBOR — Federal officials are working on a road map for the implementation of ropeless fishing in the Atlantic Ocean after announcing a seasonal closure of a large swath of prime lobstering ground last week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was expecting to have the guide for the developing technology available …
BAR HARBOR — With new rules for the lobster fishery issued last week, federal regulators are now looking at potential changes to other fisheries on the East Coast to cut down on the risk of injuries to several types of whales. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to hold two scoping sessions this fall …
Both supporters of Maine’s lobster industry and conservation agencies were displeased with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s new rules, though largely for different reasons.
To help with the effort to keep local lakes free of invasive aquatic species, Hancock County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is using a $6,000 grant from the Onion Foundation, a Maine nonprofit focused on the environment and the arts, to pay for courtesy boat inspections — and hoping boaters will do it themselves if an “inspector” is not on duty.
The state budget approved this summer has created several new positions at the Maine Department of Marine Resources, including jobs focused on offshore wind energy, whales, aquaculture and – for the first time – a scientist dedicated solely to shark research.
Cooke Aquaculture USA had a fish die-off at its salmon farm sites off Black Island, according to the company and the Maine Department of Marine Resources.
The firing of the former CEO of Lobster 207, a fishing cooperative, was upheld in arbitration last week, possibly indicating how a federal racketeering lawsuit against the former CEO and his family might play out in court.
