ITHACA, New York, March 24 (TNSJou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: By Julie Greco Maine lobster fishers face a dual threat to their industry both from conservationists looking to protect North Atlantic right whales and a global climate crisis that is irrevocably changing Atlantic coastal environments. Emerging lobster trap technology promises to help mitigate both threats, but technological fixes ignore the more complex relationship between the settler colonial fishing indust  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 25 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: The Maine House delivered a strong bipartisan vote Thursday to advance a measure sponsored by Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, that would provide direct relief funds to Maine's lobster fishermen impacted by recent federal regulatory changes. The vote was 116-18. Following the closure of approximately 1,000 square miles of federal waters off the coast of Maine, LD 1898 would establish the Atlantic Large Whale  more