An educational program led by Maine Sea Grant at the University of Maine bridges the gap between inland and coastal Maine, giving students from rural communities hands-on access to the state’s vital ...

Federal lawmakers from the U.S. state of Florida have introduced legislation to block NOAA Fisheries from closing the ...

The U.S. government has signed a legal agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), ...

The tax and fee changes that Gov. Janet Mills put forward last week in her budget only add up to about $150 million in a ...

NOAA Fisheries and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The sanctuary will complement the existing marine national monument and allow for the development of a new sail plan that charts an inspiring ...

(Photo: Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit #26919. Funded by United States Army Corps of Engineers.) PORTLAND ... by the National Marine Fisheries Service ...

Fitzpatrick Trophy, emblematic of the top senior player in Maine, which will be announced Sunday. Louis Thurston had some tough times playing quarterback for Portland High. A broken ankle that ...

The proposed rules would have required more ships to slow down in East Coast waters in an attempt to save the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP ... The new vessel speed rules proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service more than two years ago have been the topic of much debate among shippers, commercial ...

The State of New Hampshire has been notified by the National Marine Fisheries Service of a vacancy for New Hampshire ... fishery resources from 3 to 200 miles off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, ...

Jim McCarthy was a longtime Maine journalist who capped off his career at Mainebiz, first as a reporter and then as the digital editor.