AUGUSTA — Maine Department of Marine Resources announced in a Jan. 8 email that they will implement emergency scallop ...

Beijing is using a ban on the humble mollusk to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to defend Taiwan. Hokkaido scallops, harvested from cold, nutrient-rich waters, are prized for their buttery ...

Minneapolis' police chief condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an agent was seen dragging an allegedly pregnant woman through the street and kneeling on her back during an attempted ...

TOKYO >> Hills of white scallop shells were piling up in Yubetsu, a town facing the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido. They looked like out-of-season snow mounds. The shells blanketed every free space on a ...

One man was taken into custody after allegedly dragging a dead woman’s body out of an apartment building and leading Richfield police on a pursuit Saturday morning. The police department says that at ...

Mainers like to say you’re not a “real Mainer” unless you were born in Maine, which I was. And by their strictest standards, I still don’t qualify because my dad was from Massachusetts. But I can tell ...

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Metal detectorist Roy Søreng was scouring a field in Norway when he stumbled upon an oval-shaped metal brooch. When archaeologists arrived to investigate, they made an even bigger discovery: the ...

A ninth-century grave discovered in Norway held the remains of a Viking Age woman whose mouth was covered with two large scallop shells. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Two years after the deadliest mass shooting in state history, Maine residents voted Tuesday to make it easier for family members to petition a court to restrict a potentially ...

Reminder: Non-commercial scallop harvest follows the regulation calendars and open harvest areas based on gear type used. A vessel cannot have a commercial and non-commercial harvest occurring at the ...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) has taken the polling lead over Democratic primary challenger Graham Platner in the Pine Tree State’s 2026 Senate race, according to a survey released Saturday. The SoCal ...