PORTLAND (AP) — New England fishermen of important food species like cod and haddock say the looming cost of paying for at-sea monitors could put them out of business this year. Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service said the money it had been using to pay for the monitors […]
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Major power company signs on to wind and hydro transmission project through Maine
PORTLAND — National Grid, one of the region’s largest utilities, has signed on as a partner in a power transmission project that would link Maine wind projects and Canadian hydropower to population centers in New England. Massachusetts-based Anbaric Transmission and National Grid on Tuesday announced a partnership to pursue electricity transmission projects, including the 1,000-megawatt […]
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Cod fisheries to close
AUGUSTA — With the Atlantic cod population at an all-time low, federal regulators Monday announced the closure of commercial and recreational cod fishing in parts of the Gulf of Maine. The temporary restrictions also include a 200-pound limit on how much a fishing vessel can catch during a single trip, following several years of no […]
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Emergency plan on cod fishing off of New England sought from federal regulators
PORTLAND (AP) — The National Marine Fisheries Service expects to implement emergency measures in November aimed at stemming cod fish decline in the Gulf of Maine. The fisheries service is crafting the measures at the request of the New England Fishery Management Council, which asked for them at its meeting in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. […]
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Scientists worry that warming seas could threaten lobsters
It’s already starting to happen. The culprit is the warming seas — and in particular the Gulf of Maine, whose waters are heating up faster than 99 percent of the world’s oceans, scientists say. Long-established species of commercial fish, like cod, herring and northern shrimp, are departing for colder waters. Black sea bass, blue crabs […]
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Feds say Gulf of Maine cod stock in jeopardy
PORTLAND — Federal regulators say an analysis of Gulf of Maine cod suggests the important species will continue to decline. The National Marine Fisheries Service says in a statement that “virtually every indicator” of the cod stock’s condition declined in 2013. The service says cod’s spawning levels are estimated to be three to four percent […]
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Fishery council asking feds to increase haddock limit
PORTLAND — The New England Fishery Management Council is asking the federal government to consider allowing fishermen to catch more haddock in the Gulf of Maine this year. The council voted Wednesday to ask the National Marine Fisheries Service to raise the haddock catch limit for the 2014 fishing year. The fishing year began May 1 […]
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Federal study says sand and gravel are most used habitats by species in Gulf of Maine
PORTLAND — A study of Gulf of Maine shallow-water habitats by the federal government finds that sand and gravel habitats are used the most by fish and invertebrate species in the gulf. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released the report, which tracked 16 species in different life stages and habitats. The report is intended […]
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Fisheries commission shuts down Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery
PORTLAND — Northeastern regulators shut down the Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery for the first time in 35 years Tuesday afternoon, worried by reports of what researchers called a fully “collapsed” stock that could be driven to near extinction with any 2014 catch. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section, a subset of […]
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Scientists say shrimp in Gulf of Maine at its lowest level
PORTLAND — An indicator of the Gulf of Maine shrimp population has fallen to its lowest level on record, raising questions about whether the fishery should be shut down this coming winter. Scientists say the shrimp index was the lowest it’s been since the annual survey began in 1984. Regulators will use the survey data […]