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FILE- In this May 2, 2016 file photo, lobsterman Richard Sawyer, Jr., heads home after a disappointing day of fishing off Groton, Conn. New restrictions on lobster fishing are up for a vote as regulators try to slow the loss of the valuable crustaceans from southern New England waters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, file)

New Restrictions on Lobster Fishing Coming

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressMay 8, 2017

Marisa Tobey breaks up a clump of moist dirt while weeding her garden, Thursday, April 28, 2017, in Freeport, Maine. Northern New England's annual mud season is expected to last into May this year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Winter Lingered, and So Will the Mud

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 30, 2017

In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photo, Dan Harrington digs for bloodworms on a mudflat in Freeport, Maine. Maine is by far the biggest harvester of bloodworms and sandworms in the country, and the state's harvest has declined to a third of levels in the 1970s. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Abating Bait: Fishing Worm Shortage Threatens Way of Life

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 29, 2017

In this undated photo provided by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation a humpback whale bears injuries and wounds consistent with vessel strikes. A new study in the journal Marine Mammal Science said whale ship strikes might be more common than previously suspected sighting almost 15 percent of humpback whales are injured by ships strikes. (Skyler Suhrer/Whale and Dolphin Conservation via AP)

Vessels Pose Danger to Whales

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 24, 2017

In this undated photo provided by Christopher Cary, Rick Elliott of Bristol Seafood in Portland, Maine, examines a bag of scallops at auction in New Bedford, Mass. Fair trade certification status is now gaining in prominence with seafood in the U.S., where interest is growing in the story behind the fish and shellfish people consume. (AP Photo/Christopher Cary)

Seafood Now Part of Fair Trade Revolution

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 23, 2017

Maine Reaches Its Lowest Unemployment Rate on Record

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressApril 21, 2017

Shareholders OK FairPoint Merger

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressMarch 30, 2017

FILE - In this May 1, 2006 file photo, freshly caught cod are stacked on ice waiting for shipment at a fish processing plant in Portland, Maine. State data released in March 2017 show that 2016 was the worst year for the commercial catch of cod in the history of Maine. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

Cod Catch Plummets Off New England

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressMarch 26, 2017

FILE-In this Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 file photo, a lobster boat passes by the Goat Island Light at Cape Porpoise in Kennebunkport, Maine. The state's lobstermen set a record for the value of the lobster catch for the seventh year in a row. Maine lobsters were worth a little more than $533 million at the docks in 2016, exceeding the previous year's record total by more than $30 million, Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher said.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

Another Record Lobster Catch in Maine

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressMarch 5, 2017

HOLD FOR STORY MOVING JAN 15 BY PATRICK WHITTLE -- FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2016 file photo, a bald eagle is poised for flight from a treetop perch at the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in Juneau, Alaska. Audubon Society bird counters found the number of bald eagles in 2015 were double the1995 count. Some farmers and conservationists say the resurgence of the American bald eagle has come at a price. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

New Problem Arises With Eagle Revival

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressJanuary 15, 2017