Feb. 23, 2022 6:14 PM

The fund would have been designed to help the industry challenge rules and regulations intended to protect the North Atlantic right whale

Feb. 23, 2022 5:56 PM

The technology being used by 22 Canadian harvesters involves a cellphone or a smartphone tablet and a deck unit with acoustic pinger to send a signal to the bottom

By Tom Seaman Feb. 23, 2022 5:38 PM

A US-based PE firm, whose Russia-born founders have past links to an energy billionaire, is looking to divest a major lobster and scallop processor, sources told Undercurrent News

Feb. 22, 2022 4:24 PM

The group's board also has voted to back eight initiatives, including changing federal policy to allow non-core groundfish licenses to be sold or transferred

By Jason Huffman Feb. 22, 2022 4:12 PM

'Mr. McCurdy's appointment is an insult to members, and undermines the independence of the arbitration process' -- Derek Butler, Association of Seafood Producers

By Jason Huffman Feb. 21, 2022 4:05 PM

'It is one of the most hopeful labor- and immigration-related things that we could possibly be doing right now' -- Annie Tselikis, Maine Lobster Dealers Association

By Jason Huffman Feb. 18, 2022 6:00 PM

'The phase-one deal was opaque and questionably enforceable from the outset' -- senator Angus King and representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden

By Jason Huffman Feb. 17, 2022 4:46 PM

'Ensuring China’s commitments are upheld is critical to Maine’s iconic lobster industry, which supports thousands of jobs and strengthens our coastal communities' -- senator Susan Collins

Feb. 16, 2022 6:33 PM

'We're looking at a decade of fighting these regulations' -- Republican Rep. William Faulkingham of Maine

By Jason Huffman Feb. 15, 2022 3:48 PM

'The show will be very low attended and we feel the cost/benefit of exhibiting was not good' -- Jim Charters, Ocean Garden Products