The scoping session has been cancelled, but will be rescheduled. Notice of the rescheduled session will be processed in accordance with applicable regulation. 

The applicants listed below have scheduled a scoping session on two draft standard lease proposals.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is administering a direct payment program to offset costs incurred by lobster harvesters in making gear modifications necessary to comply with the federal regulations aimed at providing additional protections to the North Atlantic Right Whale that became effective May 1, 2022. 

Below are links to forms for state lobster harvester license holders and federal lobster harvester permit holders to complete in order to either appeal a decision of ineligibility by DMR or to opt out of a direct payment.

Saco - In response to numerous reports of striped bass that died after being caught and released on the Saco River, the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) will close a section of the river between Route 9 and the head of tide, commonly known as the Cataract Dam, to fishing.

Bangor - The Maine Marine Patrol is currently searching for an unidentified male who was witnessed jumping from the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge into the Penobscot River today at 1:46 pm.

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is holding a public hearing on two applications listed below.  The hearing will be held in-person.

The Commercial Fishing Safety Council will meet Wednesday, June 14, 2023 remotely via Microsoft Teams from 6pm to 8pm. The agenda is attached to this notice. A link to join the meeting is below.

Scarborough - The Maine Marine Patrol recovered the body of 46-year-old Hudson, New Hampshire resident Greg Blute from the mouth of the Nonesuch River in Scarborough this morning.

Augusta - Two Maine lobstermen have had their licenses suspended by the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) for violating laws intended to protect harvesters’ property and to sustain the lobster resource.