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News
- 1/13/2017: Scallop Season Update - January 13, 2017
- 1/6/2017: Wesley Dean Promoted to Marine Patrol Sergeant
- 1/6/2017: Scallop Season Update - January 6, 2017
- 12/29/2016: 2017 Maine Northern Shrimp Cooperative Winter Sampling Program Participants Announced
- 12/29/2016: Maine Scallop Season Update - December 29, 2016
- 12/28/2016: New Marine Patrol Officer to Join Stonington Patrol
- 12/13/2016: Two Men Have Lobster Licenses Suspended for Six Years for Removing Eggs from Lobsters
- 12/9/2016: Maine Scallop Season Update - December 9, 2016
- 12/2/2016: Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Grant Strengthens Public Health Protection, Opportunity for Shellfish Industry
- 11/28/2016: Summary of 2016-17 Maine Scallop Season Information
- 11/14/2016: Spruce Head Man Charged with Fishing 156 More Lobster Traps than Allowed
- 11/10/2016: Moratorium on Northern Shrimp Commercial Fishing Maintained for 2017 Season
PROPOSED, NEW, OR EMERGENCY REGULATIONS
- Posted January 11, 2017
- Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25.04 Lobster Trawl Limits; 25.93 Management Framework for Limiting Lobster Fishing Effort on a Local or Regional Basis - Operational Rules; 25.96 Lobster Apprentice Program - Public Hearing Dates: January 30, 31, February 2, 2017 - Deadline for Comments: February 13, 2017
- Posted December 29, 2016
- Notice of Emergency Rulemaking - Chapter 11 Scallop Regulations and Chapter 11.08 Targeted Closures - Effective January 1, 2017
- Posted November 15, 2016
- Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption - Chapter 4; Municipal Shellfish Conservation Warden Certification - Effective November 15, 2016
- Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption - Chapter 25.65; Lobster and Crab Closure in Penobscot River - Effective November 15, 2016
- Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adotion - Chapter 25.08 Lobster Trap Tag System; 25.90 Swans Island Area Lobster Trap Regulation; Chapter 25.97 Management Framework for Island Limited Entry Program - Effective November 15, 2016
MEETINGS
- Aquaculture Public Hearing - Taunton Bay Oyster Co., Inc. - January 24 and 25, 2017 - Penobscot
- Vibrio Control Training sessions - January 25 and February 23, 2017 - West Boothbay Harbor
- Shellfish Advisory Council Meeting - February 9, 2017 - Augusta
- Maine Fishermen's Forum - March 2-4, 2017 - Rockport
- Maine to host Northeast Shellfish Sanitation Association (NESSA) Conference - April 11-13, 2017 - Freeport
- International Scallop Workshop with Industry Forum - April 21 to 25, 2017 - Portland