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Were working to find out more information in a possible road rage shooting that happened in temple terrace. Authorities havent confirmed yet but we found a car with a shattered window at the intersection of fowler avenue. Deputies are searching for a motorcyclist seen fleeing south on i75. Abc action News Reporter adam winer is on the scene now, well check in with him live starting at 5 30. Lets check with shay for a look at the forecast. Pretty cold out there. Yeah. Grab the boots and extra lay...

Prices are about half what they were a year ago and lobstermen face higher costs for everything from fuel to rope, prompting some to cut back on how often they haul their traps.

Maine has traditionally prohibited lobstering until a half hour before sunrise and a half hour after sunset. Five years ago the Legislature upended that policy in the month of October, allowing trap hauling to begin at 4 a.m.

These days, lobstering is all about the right whale population, of which an estimated 336 whales – the lowest number in nearly 20 years – swam in the Atlantic Ocean in 2020. 

Lobster fishing, specifically the number of vertical lines used to attach buoys to lobster traps, were targeted by NMFS to reduce entanglement risk.

Using fishery data and interviews with fishermen, state fishery regulators are working to identify areas in federal waters off Maine’s southern coast that will have least potential conflict between the fisheries and a proposed offshore windmill site. Fishermen attending a virtual meeting hosted Tuesday night by the Department of Marine Resources condemned a plan by offshore wind developer New England Aqua Ventus to lease up to 16 square miles in the Gulf of Maine to install up to 12 wind turb...

State leaders, fisherman target NOAA right whale proposals Maines Congressional delegation is asking President Biden to help protect the lobster industry from proposed regulations aimed at protecting right whales. Author: Don Carrigan Updated: 10:59 PM EST February 25, 2021 AUGUSTA, Maine — Lobsterman John Drouin said in his 42 years of fishing around Cutler, he has never seen a right whale. Many other Maine lobstermen have said the same thing about their exper...