The vote relieves the pressure of an impending deadline to comply with the law by this summer. Now, the lobster industry must ...

The Maine Department of Marine Resources has decided to pull a regulation that would have increased the minimum allowable catch size for lobsters amid strong opposition from members of the state ...

A controversial proposal looking to increase the minimum catch sizes for lobster has officially been repealed by the Atlantic ...

The commission voted Tuesday to repeal key elements of a proposed increase to minimum allowable catch sizes for Gulf of Maine ...

Maine. Now 34, the lobster fisherman pulls in the crustacean year-round. But more recently, he’s had to go further out to sea to get his catch. “It’s more fuel. It’s more rope. It’s more ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) – A controversial proposal to increase the minimum catch size limits for Maine lobster has been withdrawn. The Department of Marine Resources withdrew a proposed rule to ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has repealed key elements of a proposed rule that would have ...

"Lobstermen gauge the size of a lobster by measuring its carapace (shell) from eye socket to tail," Maine Rep ... to a loss of a third of lobstermen's catch this year, adding to the challenges ...

Regulators have withdrawn a proposal to increase the minimum size requirements for lobsters caught in Maine, a move praised ... most lucrative segment of their catch and give Canadian competitors ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI/WMTW) - A potential change to the lobster industry would impact the allowable lobster catch size. Dozens of lobstermen who do not support the change spoke out at a Department ...