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Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone E Council Meeting to be held Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 at 5:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission located at 297 Bath Road, Wiscasset. 

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Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone D Council Meeting to be held Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025 at 6:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Maine State Ferry Terminal located at 517 Main Street, Rockland. 

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Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone C Council Meeting to be held Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 5:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Stonington Town Hall located at 32 Main Street, Stonington. 

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Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone B Council Meeting to be held Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 at 5:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Mount Desert Island High School Library located at 1081 Eagle Lake Road, Bar Harbor. 

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Please hold the date for the next Lobster Zone A Council Meeting to be held Monday, June 2nd, 2025 at 4:00 PM.  This meeting will be held In-Person at the Washington Academy Library located at 66 Cutler Road, East Machis. 

DMR Solicitation of Public Comment Regarding the Portland Harbor Dredge Project in the Fore River, Portland/South Portland

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 a proposed dredging operation. The Portland Harbor Commission, in cooperation with the Cities of Portland and South Portland and the MDOT, is proposing to dredge 28 areas of the immediate waterfront in Portland Harbor/Fore River to improve berthing and enhance sediment and water quality.   

Maine Alewife Season Underway

Augusta, ME - Alewife, a small Searun fish related to Atlantic herring, return to Maine in large numbers from April to late May every year.

“The alewife run is a harbinger of spring and gardeners will notice that alewives arrive in Maine’s rivers with the blooming of the shadbush (Amelanchier arborea), a native berry tree that grows all along the coast,” said Theo Willis, Ph.D., a Searun Fish Restoration Coordinator for DMR.

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