Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone B Council Meeting to be held Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 at 5:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Mount Desert Island High School Library located at 1081 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor. 

Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone A Council Meeting to be held Monday, June 2nd, 2025 at 4:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Washington Academy Library located at 66 Cutler Road, East Machis. 

Pursuant to 38 M.R.S. §480-D, sub-§9, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is required to provide the Maine Department of Environmental Protection with an assessment of the impacts on the fishing industry of a proposed dredging operation. The Portland Harbor Commission, in cooperation with the Cities of Portland and South Portland and the MDOT, is proposing to dredge 28 areas of the immediate waterfront in Portland Harbor/Fore River to improve berthing and enhance sediment and water quality.   

Please be advised that the Maine Coastal Mapp

Augusta, ME - If you're looking for a great way to spend a weekend, below is a list provided by the Gulf of Maine River Herring Network of upcoming river herring festivals that celebrate the annual migration of blueback herring and alewife.

The following press release is presented on behalf of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Augusta, ME - Alewife, a small Searun fish related to Atlantic herring, return to Maine in large numbers from April to late May every year.

“The alewife run is a harbinger of spring and gardeners will notice that alewives arrive in Maine’s rivers with the blooming of the shadbush (Amelanchier arborea), a native berry tree that grows all along the coast,” said Theo Willis, Ph.D., a Searun Fish Restoration Coordinator for DMR.

Yesterday, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) voted to repeal the gauge and vent size changes originally adopted in Addendum XXVII.

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At the Lobster Advisory Council (LAC) meeting held on April 28, 2025, LAC members discussed sending a lobster industry survey similar to one conducted by the Department in 2008.  The LAC unanimously voted to conduct another survey, and established a subcommittee to work with the Department.  The LAC subcommittee will be holding a remote meeting via Microsoft Teams on Thursday, May 8, 2025 to discuss the development of this survey.  The meeting information is below.