Indian Health Service (IHS) proposes to provide water and/or sewer (W&S) services for eligible homes belonging to Native Americans within the service areas of the five Maine Tribes: Mi’kmaq Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Passamaquoddy Tribe – Indian Township, Passamaquoddy Tribe – Pleasant Point, and Penobscot Indian Nation. W&S services may include on-site potable water well drilling and development or the installation of septic tank and subsurface drainfields. However, some homes may be connected to community water and/or wastewater systems.

Pursuant to 38 M.R.S. §480-D, sub-§9, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is required to provide the Maine Department of Environmental Protection with an assessment of the impacts on the fishing industry of proposed dredging operations.

The Lobster Zone F Council will meet on Monday, January 27th, 2025 at 4:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Freeport Town Hall, located at 30 Main Street, Freeport. 

The meeting agenda is attached below.

The Commercial Fishing Safety Council's Working Group will meet remotely via Microsoft Teams Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from 7pm to 8pm. A link to join the meeting is below. The meeting agenda is attached to this notice.

Last night, after hearing loud and clear from Maine lobster industry members that they are unified in their opposition to a

DMR Science staff completed the first in-season survey for Cobscook this past weekend, January 4 through 6. Data have been analyzed and two summary figures are presented below. 

No scallop actions are occurring this week. The Department will issue a follow-up notice when more details are available.

This notice is to inform you that the bottom trawl survey of the Maine Research Array Wind Energy (MeRA) Area, previously scheduled to begin January 13, 2025 is now tentatively scheduled to begin the week of January 27, 2025 and run through March 1, 2025.

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is holding a public hearing on the aquaculture proposal listed below:

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Halibut Industry Fishing Year 2025 Management Webinar

The Maine DMR will be holding a webinar Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6:00p.m to discuss potential 2025 Atlantic halibut management with industry members.