2020 News
- 4/8/2020: Payroll Protection Program Loans Available for Maine's Fishing and Seafood Industries
- 4/8/2020: Preliminary 2020 Elver Landings Report Through 6pm April 7, 2020
- 4/7/2020: FROM NOAA: Don't Forget Your Dealer Permit for Direct Sales! GARFOs Permit Office is available to help
- 4/6/2020: Governor Mills Encourages Maine Small Businesses to Apply to Federal Paycheck Protection Program
- 4/6/2020: Notice Regarding Voicemails for DMR Licensing Division
- 4/6/2020: Guidance for Lobster Harvesters Regarding Direct-to-Consumer Sales
- 4/3/2020: Governor Mills Issues Executive Order that Delays Requirement to Renew Seafood Dealer Licenses
- 4/2/2020: NOAA: Northeast Observer Waiver Extended through April 18
- 4/2/2020: National Science Foundation Research Grant to Study Impacts of Climate Change on Lobsters
- 4/1/2020: Message to Industry from Commissioner Keliher About Yesterday's Executive Order
- 4/1/2020: Preliminary 2020 Elver Landings Report
- 3/30/2020: Information for Industry Regarding Bivalve Shellfish Direct Sales
- 3/27/2020: Frequently Asked Questions - 2020 Elver Harvesting Season
- 3/26/2020: Guidance for Maine Elver Fishermen to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19
- 3/26/2020: Maine to Open Elver Fishery After Implementing COVID-19 Protections
- 3/23/2020: New Publication Helps Oyster Farmers Get Product to Market
- 3/21/2020: Department of Marine Resources Temporarily Closes Elver Fishery Over Coronavirus Concerns
- 3/20/2020: Notice to Industry Regarding Access to DMR Facilities and Licensing Resources
- 3/19/2020: Notice from Commissioner Keliher to Elver Industry - 2020 Season Postponed
- 3/19/2020: Aquaculture Hearings, Scoping Sessions, and Pre-Application Meetings Postponed
- 3/19/2020: COVID-19 Protection Measures in Place, but On-line Services Still Available
- 3/16/2020: A Message from DMR Commissioner Keliher to Maine's Lobster Industry
- 3/9/2020: Tyler Sirois Receives 2020 MLA Officer of the Year Award
- 3/6/2020: Maine's 2019 Commercial Landings Were the Second Most Valuable of All Time
- 3/3/2020: Comment Period Extended for Nordic Aquafarms
- 2/28/2020: Nine Mainers Win Chance to Enter Lucrative Elver Fishery
- 2/24/2020: Notice Regarding Elver Lottery
- 2/12/2020: States Schedule Hearings on Atlantic Herring Draft Addendum III
- 1/24/2020: A Statement from Commissioner Keliher Regarding Yesterday's Loss of Fishermen Joe Nickerson and Chris Pinkham
- 1/15/2020: Elver Lottery to Allow New Entrants into Maine's Lucrative Elver Fishery
- 1/10/2020: New Marine Patrol Officers to Serve in Machias and Boothbay Harbor After Academy
- 1/3/2020: Maine Submits Right Whale Proposal to NMFS
