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News

    • 7/29/2022: Registration Now Open for 2022 Maine Coastal Cleanup
    • 7/25/2022: Body of Missing Swimmer Recovered from Presumpscot River
    • 7/19/2022: Shark Safety Message from Maine DMR
    • 7/3/2022: NOAA Fisheries: Recent Increase in Seal Deaths in Maine Linked to Avian Flu
    • 6/29/2022: Maine Marine Patrol to Focus on Boating Under the Influence and Boating Safety During 4th of July Weekend
    • 6/23/2022: Notice to License Holders - DMR to Reimburse Commercial Harvesters for License Fees
    • 6/22/2022: Marine Patrol Investigating a Recreational Boating Fatality
    • 6/17/2022: DMR Announces over $200,000 in grants to Coastal Communities
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PROPOSED, NEW, OR EMERGENCY REGULATIONS

Posted June 21, 2022

Notice of Emergency Rulemaking - Chapter 41 Menhaden Reduced 2022 Episodic Fishery Harvest Limit

Posted June 15, 2022

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 25 Lobster Technical corrections

Posted May 31, 2022

Notice of Emergency Rulemaking - Chapter 36 Atlantic Herring 2022 Season 1 Open

Notice of Emergency Rulemaking - Chapter 41 Menhaden Modified 2022 State Allocation Harvest Schedule

Posted May 24, 2022

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 26, Sea Urchin 2022-2023 Season

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Proposal - Chapter 50.02(A) Spiny Dogfish Harvest, Possession and Landing

Posted April 29, 2022

Notice of Emergency Rulemaking - Chapter 50.02(A) Spiny Dogfish Harvest, Possession, and Landing Restrictions

Posted April 21, 2022

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption - Chapter 25, Lobster Trawl Limits, Hancock County (Effective May 1, 2022)

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption - Chapter 75, Protected Resources (Effective May 1, 2022)

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption, Chapter 8, Halibut Harvester Reporting

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption, Chapter 115, Vibrio parahaemolyticus Control Plan

Notice of Agency Rulemaking Adoption, Chapter 41 Atlantic Menhaden; 2022 Harvest Start Date

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

    • ASMFC Northern Shrimp Section Meeting – August 18, 2022 – Portland ME
    • Aquaculture Public Scoping Session - The Flying Place LLC – August 19, 2022 – Beals
    • Aquaculture Public Hearing - Ocean Resources, Inc. – August 24, 2022 – Trenton and Remote via Teams
    • Aquaculture Public Scoping Session - Summit Point LLC – August 31, 2022 – Long Island, Maine
    • Aquaculture Public Scoping Session - Summit Point LLC – September 9, 2022 – Yarmouth
    • Scoping Session-Goose Island Oysters, LLC – September 13, 2022 – Harpswell
    • Shellfish Advisory Council Meeting – September 14, 2022 – Augusta (Remote Option Also Available)
    Public Hearings on Proposed Regulations

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