October 2017 Volume 22, No. 10
DMR Press Release
The Weekends Closed Periods are date specific and not about the Memorial Day Holiday or the Labor Day Holiday. Lobster fishing is permissible on Sundays from September 1st until
May 31st, both days inclusive.
On April 28, 2017, LD 14 – “An Act To Extend the Legal Hours for Harvesting Lobster” was signed into law. This new law allows a 4:00 am start time statewide for the month of October in both state and federal waters.
Organized & Funded Effort Begins Alewife Restoration, Part 1
The Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635
Maine Coastal Program Now Under DMR
The Voice of Safety – Wrapping Up the Fishing Season? Or Not?
Lamoine Lobsterman Faces Suspension
Bait Supply Disrupted By Herring and Menhaden Shifts
Maine Fall Trawl Survey
Begins October 2, 2017
NEFSC Fall Research Cruises Will Go On, With Some Modifications
Nicholas Walsh – Arbitration and Its Discontents
Legal Hauling Times for the
Maine Lobster Fishery
Maine Seacoast Mission
Honors Robin Alden
Scallop Season Rules Proposals & Meetings
Demand for Groundfish Data Continues to Increase
Atlantic Sea Scallop Limited
Entry Program Proposed
Out Here In The Real World – Keeping Warm and Carrying Water
Marine Electronics Provides a Hedge for Modern Fleet
Kirby’s – Craft Paint Since 1846
NIOSH Commercial Fishing Fatalities Report
Sector At-Sea Monitoring
Provider Applications for Fishing Year 2018 Due October 1, 2017
ASMFC Menhaden Management Board Meeting
November 13 & 14
Saltonstall- Kennedy
2018 Grants Open
Impacted Frenchmen’s
Bay Mussells Recovered
Opinion – NOAA vs. The Codfather