Patrick Whittle, Associated Press
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Congress is nearing passage of the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act, which would create a new $33 million federal grant program to fund institutions around the country that rescue, rehabilitate and research stranded turtles.
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The fishermen were sentenced for "knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements" in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said in a statement. The defendants included owners, captains and crew members of the Western Sea, a ship that operates out of Maine.
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The back-to-back storms hammered the Northeast in January and hit Maine and New Hampshire especially hard, bringing flooding and heavy damage to dozens of businesses.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an updated analysis of American fisheries late last week via its annual "Status of the Stocks" report, which provides an assessment of the populations of the seafood species fishermen catch and customers buy.
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The report on the Atlantic Ocean temperature in the Gulf of Maine was produced by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine.
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Myrtle is thought to be up to 95 years old, which would place her just beyond the upper boundaries of the species' longevity.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management says the wind energy area is about two million acres off New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts that range from 23 to 92 miles off the coast.
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The shrimp fishery moratorium in New England will remain in effect with no firm end date, a board of the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted Friday.
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The population of North Atlantic right whales, which live off the U.S. East Coast, fell by about 25% from 2010 to 2020 and was down to only about 364 whales as of 2021. Now the whales are at around 356 in total, according to a group of scientists, industry members and government officials who study them.
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The plane is owned by Wiggins Airways of New Hampshire, which provides time critical feeder services for major express carriers.