Maine’s top fisheries manager to retire, offers advice for successor
Pat Keliher has served as commissioner for the Department of Marine Resources for 14 years, the longest anyone has held that ...
Commissioner of Maine's Department of Marine Resources is retiring
Patrick Keliher has been regulating and defending Maine's commercial fishing for the past 14 years, but he'll be leaving the ...
SeafoodSource3d
Maine's top fisheries official Patrick Keliher announces retirement
Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) Commissioner Patrick Keliher has announced his retirement, effective 14 March.
National Fisherman4d
Maine town pushes to secure fishing access
With more than 50 miles of coastline, the town faces the critical challenge of no reliable public access for commercial ...
National Fisherman2d
Patrick Keliher retires as Maine DMR commissioner
Governor Janet Mills today announced that Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), ...
Center for Biological Diversity4y
Trump Removes Atlantic Ocean Protections to Expand Commercial Fishing
BANGOR, Maine— President Trump issued an executive order today allowing commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. The announcement, made amid the COVID-19 ...
Newsday12d
Stricter lobster fishing rules scrapped after complaints from fishermen about harm to industry
PORTLAND, Maine — Fishing industry regulators have decided ... population that has shown recent signs of decline. Many commercial fishermen adamantly opposed the changes, which would have ...
The Boston Globe19d
Court restores protections for endangered whale species to prevent entanglement in fishing gear
PORTLAND, Maine — Commercial fishermen who hoped for a loosening of fishing regulations during President Donald Trump’s administration faced a setback when a federal appeals court reinstated ...