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Maine Right Whale Compliance Guidance Document
The document provided below is intended to help answer questions about Maine's Right Whale Compliance issues between state and federal...

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Jan 12, 20221 min read
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Dec 16, 20210 min read
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Supreme Court denies Maine Lobstering Union request to reopen closed area
https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/12/03/supreme-court-denies-maine-lobstering-unions-request-to-reopen-closed-area/

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Dec 6, 20211 min read
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Maine Lobstering Union Takes Fight to Save Fishing Waters to Supreme Court
Washington, Dec 1, 2021- The Maine Lobstering Union (MLU) today filed a brief with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to end the...

volsen5
Dec 2, 20211 min read
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Legal Fund- Time to Unite Fishermen
#StandingUpForLobstermen It's time to Unite all Maine fisherman; to stand up for our fishery! We need to stand together if we intend to...

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Nov 23, 20211 min read
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LMA1 Restricted Area-Maine Lobster Fishing Limits Reinstated to Protect Right Whales
In a statement from Dave Sullivan, Machinist Union (IAM) Eastern Territory Chief of Staff: "The working people of Maine are up against a...

volsen5
Nov 22, 20211 min read
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Open House- Sustainable Maine Fishing Foundation
November 6th at 6:00 PM You are invited: 150 Bar Harbor Rd., Trenton, ME 04605 To kick off our first fundraiser, a fun filled night with...

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Nov 2, 20211 min read
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News Center Maine- Lobstering Union WINS Preliminary Injunction
https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/money/new-lobstering-regulations-on-pause-amid-court-proceedings/97-6b57d79c-d27d-47c1-b184-0d9ca...

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Oct 19, 20211 min read
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WE WON- Maine Lobstering Union won emergency relief to stop closure in Zone C, D, and E.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Maine Lobstering Union Wins in Court to Protect Lobster Fishermen, Communities Portland, Maine, Oct. 16, 2021 –...

volsen5
Oct 16, 20212 min read
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What can YOU do about OSW?
Now that Maine has submitted the first permit request for a Research Array encompassing 15.2 square miles in the Gulf of Maine to the...

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Oct 6, 20212 min read
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10/3/2021 MLU Files Temporary Restraining Order To Stop Current Zone Closure in ME Fed. Court.
Maine Lobstering Union-Local 207 files a TRO to stop the vertical buoy line closure in Zone C, D, and E on October 3rd, 2021. This...

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Oct 3, 20211 min read
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Governor Mills Files with BOEM for OSW
https://mailchi.mp/d4caf092745b/upcoming-meetings-about-offshore-wind-in-maine-4879377?e=5d14c3b48b

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Oct 1, 20211 min read
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https://www.pr.com/press-release/845593
Local 207's Filing was done in Maine and was very selective to not challenge the Biological Opinion needed for us to continue to harvest...

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Sep 30, 20211 min read
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Sep 28, 20210 min read
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NOAA Published the Final Rule 9-17-21
NOAA has now published the final rule and the seasonal closure will be in effect if nothing changes on 10-17-21 in zone C, D, and E. The...

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Sep 21, 20212 min read
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LD 1619 Offshore Wind Passed
​ Offshore Wind (OSW) is coming at us fast, and will continue to do so until they stop throwing money at it. We spent hundreds of hours...

volsen5
Sep 21, 20211 min read
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Commissioner Pat Keliher Meets with Union fishermen in Stonington
Sept 7th 2021 fishermen gathered at the Island Community Center to speak with Commissioner Keliher concerning upcoming changes to the...

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Sep 13, 20212 min read
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Ric Tyler and George Hale Radio Show- North Atlantic Right Whales
https://www.wvomfm.com/episode/ghrt-rewind-09-01-virginia-olsen-1215/

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Sep 1, 20211 min read
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NOAA Fisheries Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Changes
https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-08/ALWTP%20fact%20sheet%208%2026%202021.pdf https://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/public/n...

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Aug 31, 20211 min read
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Aug 31, 20210 min read
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