NORWAY — Water Street will be closed from morning to early afternoon May 31 for the Norway Family Fishing Festival. Norway Recreation Dept. Director Debra Partridge brought the request for closing the road for that time to the selectboard last Thursday, May 15. This event used to be in Bethel. This year, it will happen […]
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Anglers wanted for brook trout survey in Maine
FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon, Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are seeking volunteer anglers to participate in a trout survey this season. Anglers are needed to survey remote ponds and coastal streams in Maine, which are believed to be home to 97 percent of the wild brook trout habitats in […]
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Proposed 2014-15 sea urchin season would have same number of days as previous year
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s proposed 2014-15 sea urchin season schedule includes the same number of harvesting days as the previous season. Zone 1 divers, rakers and trappers would have a choice of fishing 15 days in September and October or in December. Zone 1 draggers would choose between December and January or February and March. […]
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Maine baby lobster decline could end high catches
YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — The number of baby lobsters settling off the rocky coast of Maine continues to steadily decline — possibly foreshadowing an end to the recent record catches that have boosted New England’s lobster fishery, scientists say. A University of Maine survey of 11 Gulf of Maine locations indicates that young lobsters have […]
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Passamaquoddy fishermen gets swipe cards needed for elver fishing
WHITING (AP) — Fishermen in an American Indian tribe may now pick up electronic swipe cards that will allow them to fish for elvers in Maine and record sales of the baby eels. The fishing season for elvers started on April 6, but the Passamaquoddy fishermen are getting the cards just now. The cards are […]
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Former Maine tribal representative among 8 men caught harvesting elvers in New York
PORTLAND (AP) — New York Department of Environmental Conservation officers have arrested a former Passamaquoddy tribal representative to Maine’s Legislature and seven other people on charges of illegally harvesting baby eels from a creek on Long Island’s East End. Frederick J. Moore III, of Perry, and others surrendered April 8. Authorities charged them with lacking […]
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Maine Sportsman’s Show draws huge crowds on Saturday
AUGUSTA — Walking into the Maine Sportsman’s Show on Saturday morning was akin to a trip to the candy store as a child. There was so much to marvel at, hold, watch and interact with that it brought out the youth in many adults. The fact that the temperature was hitting 50 degrees outside the […]
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Maine lawmakers back new rules in elver fishery
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine House and Senate have approved a bill that tightens rules in the state’s lucrative elver fishery. The bill approved Wednesday gives the Department of Marine Resources power to delay the start of the season and the ability to revoke the licenses of fishermen for out-of-state fishing violations. Republican Gov. Paul […]
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Smelt fishing is banned in parts of Maine
HALLOWELL (AP) — Traditional Maine smelt fishing is banned in the lower half of the state this spring from Stonington to the New Hampshire border. Battered and fried, the small fish is a spring staple in Maine. The Department of Marine Resources says in a press release that the closure will protect smelt at a […]
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Bethel to host Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo on March 22
BETHEL — Participants at the Western Maine Fly Fishing Expo on Saturday, March 22, can learn the latest fishing techniques and visit with guides, sporting camp owners and angling exhibitors. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bethel Inn Conference Center in Bethel. Admission is $5 for adults and free […]