Court ruling stops offshore lobstering closure
A federal court ruling from Saturday halts the planned closure of nearly 1,000 square miles of offshore fishing ground to traditional lobstering that was scheduled to start Monday.
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Lobster union, Stonington dealer ask judge to stop offshore closure
Without this lucrative fishing ground in this prime time of the year, lobster-reliant ports like Stonington and Vinalhaven would suffer.
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Closing “imminent” on seafood processing plant
A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Prospect Harbor Women’s Club.
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Maritime Shorts: Whale and marine area protections
The Biden administration move last week reinstalled protections for the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in the northwest Atlantic Ocean.
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Squid suspected in shrimp demise
Biologists Anne Richards and Margaret Hunter studied the collapse of the shrimp fishery and found that it coincided with a fluctuation of longfin squid, a major shrimp predator.
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Offshore lobstering closure starts next week
The closure starts on Oct. 18 and will run through January.
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Mills asked to block ‘ruinous’ fish farm
The Mount Desert Select Board said in its letter to Mills that it is not opposed to aquaculture in general, but to the “industrial sized” fish farm that is being proposed.
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Maritime Shorts: Ropeless fishing, closure area permits, SOS hoax
To be able to fish in the area, lobstermen would need to use so-called “ropeless technology,” a still developing type of fishing gear that doesn’t leave vertical lines in the water.
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Downeast eyed for ocean monitoring station
The project was one of 11 that received a combined $41 million in funding from NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System office.