A recent legal ruling allows the Maine Lobstermen's Association to proceed with its suit against the nonprofit Seafood Watch.

A marine scientist, a politician and a lobsterman walk onto a dock. Together, in frigid wind chill, they're pulling ...

A federal court has ruled that a group of fishermen can sue one of the world’s largest seafood watchdog groups for defamation ...

A group of fishermen says that it lost business after Seafood Watch, a program run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, advised ...

Maine’s commercial fishermen hauled in 86 million pounds of lobster in 2024 — the smallest catch in nearly 15 years, ...

In a bid to protect North Atlantic right whales, many scientists are promoting alternative lobster fishing gear that ...

ROCKPORT — Maine Marine Patrol Specialist Dan Vogel received the 2025 Maine Lobstermen’s Association Officer of the Year ...

Lobsters need to be given more of a chance to grow to spawning age before being caught.

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. lobster industry's catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans. The industry is based mostly in Maine ...

Feb. 4—Spurred by years of ire from Maine's lobstermen, a board that regulates the lobster industry voted Tuesday to repeal a rule for 11 states aimed at conserving dwindling lobster populations ...

Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher, who has served in the position since 2012, will retire March 14.