WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following joint statement on June 25: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to a Presidential Memorandum that calls on USTR and USDA to provide the lobster industry with the same form of financial assistance that has already been extended to farmers suffering as a result of China's retaliatory tariffs. Today's move   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Angus King, I-Maine: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Angus King (I-Maine) and Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) released the following statement in response to a Presidential Memorandum that calls on USTR and USDA to provide the lobster industry with the same form of financial assistance that has already been extended to farmers suffering as a result   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 26 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on the President's Memorandum on Lobster Industry: "Earlier this year, I wrote to the President asking him to marshal the resources of the Federal government to support Maine's seafood industry during this unprecedented time. "My Commissioner of Marine Resources, Pat Keliher, also wrote to Peter Navarro, the President's Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, urging him to prioritize trade p  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, June 27 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Standing up for Maine's vital lobster industry and its hardworking men and women, Governor Janet Mills urged U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to deny a petition by Pew Charitable Trusts that would prohibit the use of vertical lines in the American lobster and Jonah crab fisheries in four areas of the New England coast. In a letter sent to the Commerce Secretary yesterday, Governor Mills explained tha  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, June 23 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: Northeast Fisheries Science Center oceanographer Jim Manning has spent more than 35 years studying the ocean. He has sought ways to test ocean circulation models with direct observations and helped others use the data collected for a variety of needs. Collaborations and partnerships have developed along the way. One of his earliest collaborative projects is the Environmental Moni  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- President Trump issued the following memorandum on protecting the lobster industry: MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE; THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE; THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. On May 22, 2018, the United States Trade Representative (Trade Representative) concluded an investigation under sectio  more