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State backs lobstermen in urging regulators to reevaluate changes to minimum size

They say increasing the minimum length of a harvestable lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch will prevent them from catching their most popular crustaceans.

US regulators maintain fishing quota for valuable baby eels, even as Canada struggles with poaching

State sides with Maine lobsterman over federal rules limiting catch sizes

Maine's elver fishery is protected for years with quota decision

The quota approved Wednesday will stand through at least 2027 and could be extended.

US regulators maintain baby eel quota, even as Canada struggles with poaching

Fishermen, mostly in Maine, will be allowed to harvest a little less than 10,000 pounds of the eels per year.