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Maine Gov. Mills & DMR Commissioner Keliher Respond to First Circuit Court Decision Reinstating Lobster Fishery Closure in Gulf of Maine
November 18, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021:

Governor Mills and Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher issued the following statements today on the U.S. Court of Appeals' decision to reinstate a 967 square mile fisheries closure off the Maine coast. The closure had been temporarily suspended by U.S. District Court Judge Lance Walker in October as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Maine Lobster Un . . .

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