The Department of Marine Resources will hold a public hearing on Chapter 25.76, Lobster Minimum Size on January 7, 2025 at 5:00 pm at Jeff's Catering in Brewer. 

If the hearing must be cancelled due to inclement weather, an alternate hearing will be held on January 10 at 3:00 pm in DMR’s Conference Room 118, Marquardt Building, 32 Blossom lane, Augusta ME, and remotely via Microsoft Teams. Remote access information is posted to https://www.maine.gov/dmr/home under “meetings”.

BRIEF SUMMARY:

The Commercial Fishing Safety Council will meet December 11, 2024 via Microsoft Teams. A link to join the meeting is below and an agenda for the meeting is attached to this notice.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to authorize discharges under the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 301(h) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) for the following facilities: Bayville Village Corporation (ME0101664), City of Eastport (ME0100200), Eastport Quoddy Village (ME0102148), Town of Lubec (ME0102016), Town of North Haven (ME0101907), Northport Village Corporation (ME0101901), and Stonington Sanitary District (ME0101851).

We are approaching the middle of the urchin harvest season and the Department is scheduling a virtual mid-season check-in meeting for Monday, December 16^th from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Below is the virtual link and information to access the meeting.

The check-in will cover how the early season has been with the new flexible harvest option, to share information as we head into the late season. We will also discuss the upcoming sea urchin zone council members election.

Maine DMR has scheduled a remote menhaden fishing industry meeting for Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 4pm. The

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

Please hold the date for the next Lobster Advisory Council (LAC) Meeting to be held on Thursday, November 21st, 2024 at 4:00 PM. 
 
This meeting will be held at the DMR Offices at the Marquardt Building, located at 32 Blossom Lane, Augusta, room 118. 

The meeting agenda is attached to this notice.

Thank You.