Tag: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Plan for stricter lobster fishing rules delayed
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Fishing regulators are delaying a plan for stricter fishing rules amid concerns about a decline in baby lobsters in the warming waters...
Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest...
Young lobsters show decline off New England, and fishermen will see...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The population of young lobsters has declined nearly 40% in some of the most critical fishing waters off New England,...
Legal sizes for lobsters could change to protect population
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – The rules about the minimum and maximum sizes of lobsters that can be trapped off New England could soon become...
ASMFC votes for ‘conservative’ 8% increase in menhaden quota
PROVIDENCE – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approved Amendment 3, a move that increased the coast-wide quota for menhaden by 8 percent for...
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