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Recent DMR News
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- January 23: Lobster Zone Council Meeting Schedule for February
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January 23: ASMFC and DMR Sponsoring 4 Trawlers and 5 Trappers to Collect Shrimp Samples January-March 2015
- January 23: NOAA to Conduct Hydroaccoustic Survey in the Gulf of Maine for Chart Updates, January 5 to February 13
- January 20, 2015:
- Chapter 24.10 (4) (F) Maine-Restricted area for American Oyster; Emergency rulemaking effective January 21, 2015--pdf file, 6 pages, 40KB
- Chapter 24.10 (4) (F) Maine-Restricted area for American Oyster; Proposed concurrent rulemaking. Deadline for comments February 20, 2015--pdf file, 5 pages, 36 KB
- Chapter 25.04 Lobster Trawl
Limits; Chapter 25.97 Management Framework for Island Limited Entry Program;
Proposed rulemaking. Public hearing February 11, 2015, Ellsworth, ME, City Hall
Auditorium, 6:00p.m. Deadline for comments February 23, 2015--pdf file, 9 pages,
64 KB
- Chapter 25.08 Lobster
Trap Tag Attachment; Proposed rulemaking. Deadline for comments February 20,
2015--pdf file, 3 page, 39 KB
- Chapter 32 Eels. Requirements
for 2015 elver harvesting season. Public hearings February 9, 2015, Jeff's
Catering, 15 Littlefield Road, Brewer, ME, 6:00 p.m. February 10, 2015, NRSC, 6
Beech Street, Room 106, Hallowell, ME, 6:00 p.m. Deadline for public comments
February 20, 2015--pdf file, 6 pages, 44 KB.
- January 13: Jon Cornish Promoted to Colonel of the Maine Marine Patrol
- December 31: Department of Marine Resources Looking for Volunteers for Smelt Survey
- December 29: Maine Marine Patrol Rescues Two Urchin Fishermen after Boat Capsizes Near Cutler
- December 26: Chapter 11.22 Scallop Regulations and 2014-15 Harvesting Season, Targeted Closures (6)(7) Pleasant Bay; Lower Englishman Bay. Emergency Regulations Effective Saturday December 27, 2014--pdf file 12 pages, 2.5 mb -- Pleasant Bay and Lower Englishman Bay Closure Charts
- December 19: Four Officers Join the Ranks of the Maine Marine Patrol
- December 4: Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher Named Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow
- December 2: Colonel Fessenden to Retire After 40 Years in the Maine Marine Patrol
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