ASMFC Lobster Board passed Addendum 27, which entailed implementing a gauge increase from 3 ¼ inches to 3 5/16 inches in ...

The commission voted Tuesday to repeal key elements of a proposed increase to minimum allowable catch sizes for Gulf of Maine ...

WASHINGTON, DC / ACCESS Newswire / February 14, 2025 / An article recently published by Public News Service ("NY's ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) has repealed key elements of a proposed rule that would have increased the minimum ...

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte sent a letter to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) that oversees lobster caught by New Hampshire and Maine fishermen, stating New Hampshire would ...

Should party boats get different regulations than surf fishermen? Public input is sought by federal fishery regulators.

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will discuss possible future Atlantic Striped Bass management options during a webinar at 6:00 p.m. Thursday December 5. It is open to the public.

New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell sent a letter today pushing for the repeal of a lobster fishery management plan that will limit the catch size of lobsters.

The proposed regulation, which came from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, would have raised the minimum size of lobsters that could be harvested by one-sixteenth of an inch.

However, the coastwide menhaden stock from Maine to Florida has been in good shape for decades, as confirmed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), which manages the species ...