WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) yesterday sent a letter urging the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) to formally adopt a delay to a lobster gauge increase in the Gulf of Maine until at least July 2025. He called on the Commission to gather more accurate lobster stock data in the meantime while also addressing the unequal regulatory burden between Maine and Canadian lobstermen."It is my hope t  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 12 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Oct. 11, 2024: * * * Governor Mills and delegation will return to Maine following a series of productive meetings in Norway and Denmark focused on promoting and positioning Maine as a leader in floating offshore wind development * * * Copenhagen, DENMARK -- Governor Janet Mills and a delegation of State of Maine officials today completed the second and final leg of their weeklong international mission to Norwa  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Oct. 9 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news: * * * Governor Mills and Maine delegation meet with local Norwegian government and offshore wind industry leaders during first phase of weeklong international mission to promote and position Maine as a leader in offshore wind development * * * Haugesund, NORWAY -- Governor Janet Mills and a delegation of State of Maine officials have completed the first leg of a week-long international mission to Norway and Denma  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Oct. 7 -- The New Mexico Department of Tourism issued the following news release: According to the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit corporation that reviews and approves emojis for use on electronic devices around the globe, there are nearly 3,800 emojis - and yet, a hot air balloon is not among them. But the New Mexico Tourism Department (NMTD) is calling for change. NMTD will launch a petition on the opening day of the 2024 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta on Sa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hosted 18 students from 12 states and 18 different colleges and universities. Project topic areas ranged from climate change, offshore wind, and microplastics, to fish and fisheries, aquaculture, and protected species. Some projects involved technologies and techniques such as passive acoustics, photography, biodeposition, mass spectrometry, and   more