Atlantic Herring Harvesters Eligible for $7 Million in Federal Disaster Relief
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is working to confirm eligibility for disaster relief funds for Atlantic herring harvesters who have been impacted by the massive decline in spawning stock biomass and the following quota reductions for the critical lobster bait fishery.
The DMR shared that the funds total $7 million and were appropriated by the US Congress in 2022 following a request submitted by Maine Governor Janet Mills to the Secretary of Commerce in 2020 in which she highlighted significant declines in spawning potential and...
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