Four working days into his appointment as commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources, Patrick Keliher said his schedule was keeping him plenty busy on the many fronts involved in managing the state’s fisheries. Keliher was sworn in on Jan. 26, after serving...
The Maine Department of Marine Resources issued a clarification of a Jan. 31 Associated Press report that 2011 lobster landings exceeded 100 million pounds. “While we believe this figure to be accurate, it is preliminary,” said DMR Commissioner Patrick Keliher....
The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation received funds through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Fishing for Energy Program, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program in 2011-2013 to recover, document and properly dispose of...
Patrick Keliher was sworn in as commissioner of the state Department of Marine Resources on Jan. 26, after serving for six months as the DMR’s acting commissioner. Keliher’s appointment follows an endorsement last month by the Maine Lobstermen’s Association. In a...
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Northern Shrimp Section has revised the total allowable catch for the 2012 northern shrimp fishery to 2,211 metric tons, an increase of 211 metric tons from the originally established total allowable catch,...
