A group of lobster fishermen has sued fishing regulators in federal court, claiming that new electronic monitoring requirements designed to protect rare whales are unconstitutional. The new rules went ...

America's lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales. The lobster industry, based ...

Experiments now underway could change lobster fishing — and help the endangered right whale. But the lobster industry has raised objections about the cost. For years, Maine lobstermen touted that ...

Researchers have released a study stating that New England lobsters are being overfished, amid several years of declining population. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission said that lobster ...

A federal appeals court reinstated a ban on lobster fishing that protects right whales and aids their conservation, according to News Center Maine. Reversing a lower court's decision, the Boston-based ...

The new rules went into effect on Dec. 15 and require fishermen with federal lobster fishing permits to install 24-hour electronic tracking devices on their boats ...

Fishermen argue that proposed rules to protect rare whales are so strict they could put them out of business. Max Oliver moves a lobster to the banding table aboard his boat while fishing off Spruce ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing industry regulators have decided to scrap stricter new lobster fishing standards off New England in the wake of months of protest from lobster fishermen that the rules ...

FILE - A lobster rears its claws after being caught off Spruce Head, Maine, Aug. 31, 2021. Environmental groups are once again at odds with politicians and fishermen in New England in the wake of a ...

A new report says America’s lobsters, which have been in decline since 2018, are now being overfished off New England. The ...