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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 turbines. In addition, fishermen and their supporters gathered this morning at the Augusta Civic Center ...

State leaders, fisherman target NOAA right whale proposals Maine's 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 experience on the water. But that may not matter. NOAA Fisheries, the federal office regulating fishing ...