Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is planning to hire a private contractor to help DFO officers patrol the Bay of Fundy between the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, reports ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As he reversed commercial fishing bans for protected ocean areas, Donald Trump falsely claimed that Canadian and Japanese ...

PORTLAND, Maine — America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The lobster ...

Maine lobster fishermen received a Christmas gift from Congress at the end of 2022: a six-year delay on new federal regulations designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

PORTLAND, Maine — America’s lobster fishing industry will face a host of new harvesting restrictions amid a new push from the federal government to try to save a vanishing species of whale. The new ...

Judge rejects lobster industry stance that evidence doesn't back conservation group claims fishing gear causes whale deaths Environmental groups say decision underscores urgency of reforms (Reuters) - ...