Gulf of Maine
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PublishedNovember 27, 2016
Effort to protect deep-sea coral has lobster industry on alert
Two rich lobstering areas could be closed if regulators prohibit all fishing in rare Down East habitats.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2016
A healthy Gulf of Maine goes with the flow of a restored Royal River
It is essential to rebuild the population of herring, which multiple species depend upon to thrive.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2016
Commission likely to keep Gulf of Maine shrimp fishery closed
A Portland processor says that would hurt, but regulators appear to favor more time for the population to rebuild.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2016
Maine Voices: Arctic opportunities exist in Maine right now
Establishing relationships with the people who live in the north is more important than new shipping lanes.
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PublishedAugust 31, 2016
More fishing gear entanglements jeopardize right whale’s recovery
The journal Frontiers in Marine Science says the number of baby right whales has steeply declined since 2010.
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PublishedAugust 23, 2016
Puffin chicks in Gulf of Maine’s largest colony starve to death at record rate
A drop in the food supply this summer, possibly tied to warmer Gulf of Maine waters, leads to the worst survival rate ever tracked on Machias Seal Island.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2016
Moratorium sought on supertankers carrying ‘tar sands’ oil in U.S. waters
TransCanada's plan to pipe the heavy crude to Saint John for shipping down the East Coast raises spill concerns in Maine and elsewhere.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2016
A new device is helping Maine fishermen avoid protected cod
The Nature Conservancy provides new technology that helps avoid unwanted by-catches of the threatened groundfish species.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2016
Vessel strike blamed for death of whale calf off Cape Cod
The nearly 30-foot long, roughly 10,000-pound whale was found dead on May 5.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2016
Advocates insisting on protections for Cashes Ledge waters off Maine
They have twice been told that the section of the gulf is off the table for a federal 'monument' designation, and fishing groups also oppose it.
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