Feds to pay Maine lobstermen $50 million to offset trade war losses

Maine lobstermen are eligible for up to $250,000 each as part of a $527 million fishing industry bailout to help offset the impact of China's retaliatory tariffs.

Maine hits snag in effort to distribute pandemic aid to seafood industry

Individual fishermen, fishing charters and seafood dealers must demonstrate revenue losses before receiving checks, probably in November.

Portland Fish Exchange looks to shore up its future with aquaculture

A waterfront institution partners with an oyster grower to diversify its operation and offer support to the growing aquaculture industry.

Judge: Lobstering can proceed until new right whale protections are finalized in May

Environmental groups had asked the court to ban vertical buoys from a large right whale feeding ground south of Nantucket, but the federal judge declined to do so.

The Wrap: Sebago reopening, and a tote from a grieving daughter

Sebago Brewing Co. will reopen all of its brewpubs Thursday afternoon.

Record low number of U.S. fish stocks subject to overfishing in 2019

The fisheries service determined that only 22 of 321 fishing stocks were subject to overfishing last year, the agency said on Tuesday.

Maine lobster industry’s large PPP loan recipients

1 in 3 Maine lobstermen lands federal pandemic loan

Lobstermen got more small Paycheck Protection Program loans than members of any other Maine industry, but the size of the average loan was small.

Pandemic relief flows to Maine’s lobster supply chain

A sprawling network of dealers, retailers and processors in the state received at least $9.2 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Fishing captains can get COVID-19 aid for sternmen, too

New federal rules now allow boat captains to use federal Paycheck Protection Program funds to pay deckhands.