2018 News
- 11/16/2018: Moratorium on Northern Shrimp Commercial Fishing Maintained Through 2021
- 11/14/2018: Change in Atlantic Herring Area 1A Trimester 3 Effort Controls Announced
- 11/8/2018: Maine's 2018-19 Scallop Season Gets Underway Soon
- 11/6/2018: Scallop Dragger License Lottery Winners Announced
- 11/1/2018: Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Grant Improves Marine Patrol Surveillance Abilities
- 11/1/2018: Body Recovered from Kennebec River Identified
- 10/26/2018: Body Recovered from Kennebec River
- 10/26/2018: Search Underway for Missing Richmond Man
- 10/24/2018: New Program Supports Atlantic Salmon Recovery
- 10/23/2018: Body of Fisherman Recovered Near Jonesport
- 10/22/2018: Marine Patrol Officers Past and Present Honored
- 10/16/2018: Northern Shrimp Draft Addendum I Public Hearing Scheduled
- 10/10/2018: Newest Maine Marine Patrol Vessel Launched
- 10/5/2018: Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Grant Improves Comfort, Safety for Marine Patrol
- 10/5/2018: Northern Shrimp Benchmark Assessment Indicates Resource Continues to be Depleted - Section Approves Draft Addendum I for Public Comment
- 9/24/2018: Scallop License Lottery Now Available
- 9/24/2018: Aquaculture Public Hearing Rescheduled
- 9/21/2018: Maine DMR Recognizes 2018 Employee and Manager of the Year
- 9/14/2018: Menhaden Fishery Reopens September 17, 2018
- 9/9/2018: Maine Department of Marine Resources Issues Precautionary Closure for ASP
- 9/1/2018: Marine Patrol Officer Rescues Aquaculture Workers After Boat Catches Fire
- 8/27/2018: Volunteers Needed for Maine Coast Week Coastal Cleanup
- 8/27/2018: Eastern Maine Atlantic Herring Spawning Closure in Effect Starting August 28, 2018 through September 24, 2018
- 8/17/2018: NOTICE TO LOBSTER HARVESTERS: Survey to Support Improved Whale Regulations
- 8/16/2018: Maine Coastweek Cleanup Registration Now Open
- 8/6/2018: Maine Marine Patrol Responds to Accident on New Meadows River
- 7/24/2018: Updated Lobster License Waiting Lists Available
- 7/17/2018: Maine DMR Awards Grants to Support Lobster Research
- 7/9/2018: Marine Patrol Hires Graham Hults as Boat Specialist for Section 1
- 6/25/2018: Maine Marine Patrol to Focus on Boating Under the Influence
- 6/21/2018: FY19 Coastal Community Planning Grants Available for Municipal and Regional Projects
- 5/25/2018: Elver Landings Reported as of Noon May 24, 2018
- 5/23/2018: Maine’s Elver Fishery to Shut Down, Charges Pending for Illegal Sales
- 5/22/2018: Maine Marine Patrol Encourages Safety Heading into Recreational Boating Season
- 5/18/2018: Marine Patrol Officers Graduate from Maine Criminal Justice Academy
- 5/17/2018: Taylor Shewokis Sworn in as Newest Maine Marine Patrol Officer
- 5/17/2018: Halibut Regulations Designed to Ensure Fishery Doesn’t Exceed Catch Limits
- 5/15/2018: Maritime Security Training Event Brings Multiple Agencies to Bar Harbor
- 5/15/2018: Maine Awarded NOAA Grant to Restore Atlantic Salmon and River Herring to Togus Stream
- 4/9/2018: Maine Awarded NOAA Grant to Improve Whale Protection Data
- 4/6/2018: The Maine Coastal Program Releases FY19 Shore and Harbor Planning Grant Program Statement
- 3/16/2018: New Scientists Support DMR Research Priorities
- 3/5/2018: Mike Murphy Receives 2018 DMR Andy Mays Award of Excellence
- 3/5/2018: Dave Cousens Recognized for Decades of Service
- 3/5/2018: Specialist Sean Dow Receives 2018 MLA Officer of the Year Award
- 3/2/2018: Maine Commercial Harvesters Bring a Half Billion Dollars in Harvested Product to Shore in 2017
- 2/15/2018: Harrington Man’s Body Discovered after Morning Search by Marine Patrol
- 1/24/2018: First New Elver Licenses to be Awarded Since 2013
- 1/8/2018: Body Identified as Missing Thomaston Man
- 1/8/2018: Marine Patrol Recovers Body from Long Cove
- 1/8/2018: Search for Missing Thomaston Man Continues
- 1/6/2018: Marine Patrol Suspends Search for Thomaston Man for the Day
- 1/5/2018: Marine Patrol Searching for Thomaston Man
