They’re gonna need a bigger boat. A group of high-school boys and their dads were treated to a scene straight out of “Jaws,” when a mako shark jumped from the ocean into their charter fishing boat, ...

The fishing trawler Tara Lynn II, which wrecked off the Maine coast during a powerful storm, has been deemed by officials as a total loss. The wreck occurred on Saturday off Trundy Point, south of the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The owner of a Maine boat carrying four fishermen that sank off Cape Cod last fall has asked a court to declare it is not at fault. The owner of the 82-foot Emmy Rose wants a ...

It's a fish tale you have to see to believe. A mako shark jumped onto a fishing boat off the coast of Maine and the whole thing was caught on camera. David Sinclair runs Sea Ventures Charters out of ...

Commercial fishermen in Maine had a strong year in 2023. The value of the state's fisheries increased by more than $25 million over 2022, for a total of $611.3 million at the dock, according to ...

In the wake of several recent fishing deaths in Maine, the state and nonprofit groups have been expanding their efforts to train and protect commercial fishermen. A new nonprofit was recently started ...

The U.S. government can continue requiring America's lobster fishing boats to use electronic tracking devices to collect data, a federal appeals court has ruled, denying claims by some in the industry ...

Fishery regulators want to know exactly where lobstermen are setting their lines in federal waters, in order to understand if and how the fishery is posing a risk to the endangered North Atlantic ...

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