The National Marine Fisheries Service has adopted new monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen of groundfish, like haddock and flounder, to try to improve the accuracy of the data.

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The U.S. lobster industry is based primarily in Maine and is one of the most lucrative fishing businesses in the country. Maine lobster were worth more than $700 million at the docks last year.

University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck is being inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognizing his groundbreaking lobster research. advertisement WCSH-TV Portland, ME ...

Maine fisheries scientist nominated to head marine resources agency Carl Wilson will temporarily replace Patrick Keliher as commissioner but must win Senate approval to keep the post on a ...

Last week a federal judge ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service can no longer continue to issue permits for the incidental take of humpback whales when they get tangled in sablefish pot ...

In the federal lawsuit, “Maine Lobstermen’s Association v National Marine Fisheries Service,” the plaintiffs assert that the fisheries service’s “biological opinion,” the basis for the ...

Management of New England's fisheries is "beset with problems" and needs more accountability, according to an independent review released yesterday. The review, led by consultant and former ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The National Marine Fisheries Service has accepted a petition filed by a trio of environmental groups seeking to list Oregon’s Chinook salmon populations as threatened ...

A group representing farmers in Eastern Washington and Oregon sued the National Marine Fisheries Service yesterday, saying the agency is illegally listing Columbia River and upper Willamette River ...

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