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DMR Commissioner Pat Keliher presents Machiasport fisherman Mike Murphy with the 2018 DMR Andy Mays Award of Excellence at last night's Fishermen's Forum banquet. Photo courtesy of Maine DMR

Patrick Keliher retires as Maine DMR commissioner

NF Staff

File photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District’s, hopper dredge Murden operates in an inlet near Ocean City, Md., Sept. 20, 2021. U.S. Army photo by Greg Nash.

Emergency dredging to improve safety for Montauk fishing vessels

NF Staff

With more than 50 miles of coastline, Brooksville, Maine faces the critical challenge of no reliable public access for commercial fishermen at low tide. Photo courtesy of brooksvillemaine.org

Maine town pushes to secure fishing access

Carli Clancy

The Maine fishing community and beyond will gather once again at the Samoset Resort for the 50th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. Photo courtesy of the Maine Fishermen's Forum

Maine Fishermen's Forum marks 50 years

Carli Clancy

Luke Hartmann hauling traps off the Deer Isle coast. All on water photography taken by Spike Smigelski.

Luke Hartmann: Commercial lobsterman and sea glass jeweler

Ben Hayden

Maine lobstermen’s defamation case against Monterey Bay Aquarium moves forward

NF Staff

ASMFC repeals proposed gauge increase

Carli Clancy

Photo by New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC)

NEFMC warns of breakdown in fisheries science support

Chris Chase