The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission said that lobster stock has declined by 34% since 2018 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

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PORTLAND, Maine — A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England. The stock has declined by 34% since that year in its most ...

A commercial fishing representative is wondering what action the province is taking to combat illegal purchases following two recent seizures of lobster by federal fisheries officers. Fishery officers ...

Blue lobsters are extremely rare, about 1 in 2 million found. A blue lobster found by fishermen has been given to SMAST in New Bedford. The young male lobster is in an educational touch tank and can ...

Applications open at 5pm tomorrow for recreational lobster fishing, with the season commencing on September 1 and running through to the end of March. In keeping with recent years, 175 licences are ...

Lobster catches in southwest New Brunswick again are up significantly this year over last year, since the season opened on November 11. Lobster catches in southwest New Brunswick again are up ...

The latest incident in the dispute over Passamaquoddy tribal members from the U.S. fishing in Canadian waters of Passamaquoddy Bay resulted in five fishermen from Maine being detained and fined and ...