PORTLAND (AP) — Federal regulators will hold a meeting in New Hampshire to consider whether there will be a commercial fishing season for northern shrimp in 2014-15. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission scrapped the shrimp season in the Gulf of Maine for 2013-14 for the first time in more than 30 years, after shrimp […]
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Photos: Maine anglers catch some great shots of trout
Where volunteers are needed: Locate the ponds that are part of the 2014 brook trout survey on an online map and see the list of what ponds need volunteers to conduct the survey. Tracking down Maine’s brook trout: State gets a hand counting thriving brook trout population Like they say” The native brook trout is a beautiful […]
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State offers free fishing this weekend
AUGUSTA — Officials are encouraging fishing novices to try their hand at it this weekend for free. The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says anyone can fish on Maine’s waterways without a license on Saturday and Sunday. Free fishing is allowed for everyone except people whose license has been revoked or suspended. The department […]
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Tracking down Maine’s brook trout
State gets a hand counting thriving brook trout population On one thing just about everyone agrees: The native brook trout is one beautiful fish. “It’s really a jewel,” said Chandler Woodcock, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. “When you see them in their fall colors, it’s just breathtaking.” Native brook trout were […]
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Survey project depends on volunteers
What do anglers like almost as much as catching fish? That’s an easy one: looking for fish. And so it is that, in its fourth year, the Brook Trout Survey Project has signed up 850 volunteers, of which more than 200 have actually made it into the field, surveying ponds where brook trout seem likely […]
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First Norway Fishing Festival reels in fishermen of all ages
NORWAY — Water Street will be closed from morning to early afternoon May 31 for the Norway Family Fishing Festival. Norway Recreation Dept. Director Debra Partridge brought the request for closing the road for that time to the selectboard last Thursday, May 15. This event used to be in Bethel. This year, it will happen […]
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Anglers wanted for brook trout survey in Maine
FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon, Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are seeking volunteer anglers to participate in a trout survey this season. Anglers are needed to survey remote ponds and coastal streams in Maine, which are believed to be home to 97 percent of the wild brook trout habitats in […]
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Proposed 2014-15 sea urchin season would have same number of days as previous year
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s proposed 2014-15 sea urchin season schedule includes the same number of harvesting days as the previous season. Zone 1 divers, rakers and trappers would have a choice of fishing 15 days in September and October or in December. Zone 1 draggers would choose between December and January or February and March. […]
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Maine baby lobster decline could end high catches
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — The number of baby lobsters settling off the rocky coast of Maine continues to steadily decline — possibly foreshadowing an end to the recent record catches that have boosted New England’s lobster fishery, scientists say. A University of Maine survey of 11 Gulf of Maine locations indicates that young lobsters have […]
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Passamaquoddy fishermen gets swipe cards needed for elver fishing
WHITING (AP) — Fishermen in an American Indian tribe may now pick up electronic swipe cards that will allow them to fish for elvers in Maine and record sales of the baby eels. The fishing season for elvers started on April 6, but the Passamaquoddy fishermen are getting the cards just now. The cards are […]