Tweet Dam removals and fish passage construction have opened up new habitat in Maine’s Sheepscot River for sea-run fish, including endangered Atlantic salmon. Atlantic salmon leaps upstream In 2019, we celebrated two habitat restoration milestones on Maine’s Sheepscot River, where fish … Continue reading →
Tweet Weldon Dam on the Penobscot River in Maine. Photo courtesy Brookfield Renewable Power NOAA Fisheries Atlantic salmon researchers have found that Atlantic salmon abundance can increase as more young fish and returning adults survive their encounters with dams. Also, … Continue reading →
Tweet A new study projects that climate change will pose management challenges for two commercially important species — American lobster and sea scallop — as suitable habitats move farther north. American lobster is one of the highest value fishery in … Continue reading →
Tweet After dam removals and fish passage improvements, endangered Atlantic salmon are continuing to return to Maine’s Penobscot River in encouraging numbers. Feature Story | Atlantic salmon are endangered, with only a few runs remaining in Maine rivers. In encouraging news, … Continue reading →
Tweet Anglers fish for highly migratory species from the rocky shores of New England to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. HMS fishing is important to the cultural, social, and economic life of Atlantic coastal … Continue reading →
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TweetNOTICE Regulations implementing the Multi-State Possession Program for Summer Flounder were approved by the Connecticut Legislative Regulation Review Committee today. In anticipation of final adoption of the regulations in the near future, DEEP is distributing the program application to potential … Continue reading →
Tweet A new study finds specific locations where blue mussel farms could increase the blue economy. Line with blue mussel growth from offshore experimental farm site. Photo: NOAA Fisheries Offshore mussel farm sites need to have the right temperature, food availability, … Continue reading →
Tweet Butterfish is tasty but is not widely found in seafood markets. Photo credit: NOAA Fisheries Many wild seafood species can be found in waters off the Northeast coast, but consumers don’t see that same variety at their local seafood … Continue reading →
Tweet Registration is now open! Register below. Workshop Purpose and Goal Through a collaborative process, we will develop potential management approaches for the recreational groundfish fishery that balance the need to prevent overfishing with enabling profitability in the for-hire fleet and … Continue reading →
Tweet The Maine coast is a legendary place of pine-clad islands, narrow twisting peninsulas and rocky headlands, stretching and undulating some 3,500 miles from Kittery to Eastport. These are some of the most protected waters in the country, with countless … Continue reading →
TweetHop in a canoe and follow the path poet Henry David Thoreau took in the 1800s over lakes and rivers with his Native guides on the Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail, navigate the 92-mile Allagash Wilderness Waterway by paddling a section, or enjoy the 740-mile Northern Forest … Continue reading →
TweetEffective 0001 hours Sunday August 28, 2016, the Summer Flounder commercial fishery possession limit will be reduced from 100 pounds to 50 pounds. Possession limits will be periodically adjusted, if needed, to land 100% of the annual quota by the … Continue reading →
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Tweet Portland, ME – The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section approved a moratorium for the 2015 commercial fishery. This action was taken in response to the findings of the 2014 Stock Status Report, indicating current fishable biomass … Continue reading →
TweetSummer flounder Effective 0001 hours, Friday, December 5, 2014 the landing limit for the commercial harvest of summer flounder will be increased to 1,500 pounds per week (0001 hours Sunday through 2359 hours on Saturday) to allow for full utilization … Continue reading →
Tweet This notice serves as a reminder of the upcoming fall season closure required under Addendum XVII to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (Commission) American Lobster Fishery Management Plan which was approved in November 2011. The season closure is … Continue reading →
TweetTrip Limit Adjustment Effective 0001 hours, Sunday, August 17, 2014 the Connecticut possession limit for the commercial harvest of scup is increased to 1,000 pounds for trawl, fish pot and commercial hook fisheries and 500 pounds for other gear types … Continue reading →
Tweet Fishing is considered an ideal recreational activity for a father-son bonding experience. Author Lou Ureneck’s “Backcast” about fatherhood and fly fishing chronicles a river journey with his teenage son following his divorce and Norman Maclean’s, ” A River Runs … Continue reading →
TweetBANGOR, ME,– The 2014 NOAA Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables have been published by North Wind Publishing and are now available. Mariners use NOAA’s Tide Tables and Tidal Current tables for navigation. There are four books of Tide Tables … Continue reading →
