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The Baker-Polito Administration is awarding of $1 million in funding to support fleet managers as they plan for and procure medium- and heavy-duty (MHD)
Maine state officials report 2021 lobster landings value was close to $725 million – a 75 percent jump from 2020.
Georgia lawmakers have scrapped district maps approved by Chatham Commission and School Board and are offering their own version instead.
Governor Janet Mills announced today that the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has been granted intervenor status in Maine Lobstermen’s Association v National Marine Fisheries Service, a lawsuit before the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. that challenges Federal regulations hurting Maine’s vital lobster industry. It is the Mills Administration’s latest effort to stand up for the lobster industry and its hard working men and women in the face of the Federal government’s burdensome proposal.
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.