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Maine department of marine resources

Published
February 8, 2021

Gardiner fish passage restoration work continues

The Gardiner City Council has endorsed sending a letter of support in restoring fish passage to the state Division of Marine Resources.
Published
September 30, 2020

Alewife restoration project nears two-thirds completion with Vassalboro fishway

Fishway is almost complete at the Box Mill Dam in Vassalboro, bringing connection between Outlet Stream and Sebasticook River closer.
Published
August 11, 2020

Commentary: Lobstering restrictions will hurt much more than Maine’s fishermen

Giving to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association Legal Defense Fund will mitigate the impact of right-whale rules and protect thousands of other businesses.
Published
May 4, 2020

Millions of alewives running the Sebasticook River, scaling Benton Falls Dam ladder

While the coronavirus pandemic wiped out the Benton Alewife Festival this year, alewives continue to return to the upper reaches of the Sebasticook River in droves while the reopening of China Lake to the fish progresses.
Published
January 29, 2020

Researchers debunk decades-old clamming methods in Harpswell

Researchers found brushing, a technique involving inserting tree branches into mudflats to slow currents so allows juvenile clams to settle, doesn't increase clam populations.

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Published
January 17, 2020

Opponents ask court to reverse approval of controversial oyster farm in Brunswick

The suit alleges a conflict of interest for co-owner of Mere Point Oyster Co. and Brunswick's Harbormaster Dan Devereaux, and accuses him of 'placing a thumb on the scale of the aquaculture licensing.'
Published
December 19, 2019

Controversial oyster farm on Maquoit Bay approved by state

Opponents intend to appeal the decision in court.
Published
November 8, 2019

Second Maine lobstering group rejects state’s plan for protecting whales

The state's biggest lobster trade group says the concessions sought by the state are out of proportion with the risk the industry poses to endangered right whales.