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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2018 file photo, a worker pours wild blueberries into a tray at a farm in Union, Maine. State agriculture officials said farmers collected about 57 million pounds of the wild fruit in 2018, down nearly 11 million pounds from the previous year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Optimism for Wild Blueberries

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressJanuary 6, 2019

FILE - In this July 25, 2014, file photo, a black bear in captivity awaits handouts at the the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, Maine. The state's growing bear population may lead officials to tweak regulations. The annual bear hunt has long been a source of conflict between animal lovers and hunters in Maine, in part because the state allows hunting with methods such as laying bait and chasing with hunting dogs. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine, N.H., Vt. Work to Craft Balanced Black Bear Policy

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressDecember 26, 2018

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2012 file photo, northern shrimp lie in a pile aboard a trawler in the Gulf of Maine. A small amount of New England shrimp has been available to the public despite a fishing shutdown in recent years, but that will not be the case in the winter of 2018-19. In some previous years of the moratorium, New England's shrimp trawlers and trappers have been able to bring some of the winter seafood item to market via a program called the "research set aside." The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has ruled that the population of the shrimp, which is jeopardized by a warming ocean, is so low that even the research program isn't going to be implemented this time around. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

New England Shrimp Not Available This Year

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressNovember 26, 2018

FILE-In this March 31, 2015 file photo, a bald eagle takes flight in Newcastle, Maine. Bald eagles are in the midst of record population growth in the northern New England states and could find themselves removed from all state endangered lists. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Record Numbers of Bald Eagles Counted In Northern New England

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressNovember 19, 2018

In this Oct. 26, 2018, photo, apples are displayed for sale at the Apple Acres orchard, in Hiram, Maine. New England apples are typically sold fresh and locally. The region's apples producers are likely to end the year slightly behind their average production of 3.5 million bushels. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A Few Bad Apples, but Mostly Good Ones in New England

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressOctober 29, 2018

FILE - In this April 23, 2016, file photo, Elijah Voge-Meyers carries cod caught in the nets of a trawler off the coast of New Hampshire. American fishermen are slated to lose thousands of pounds of valuable fishing quota under a new catch share agreement with Canada for the 2019 fishing year, that was approved in September. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Region’s Fishermen Hit by New Pact

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressOctober 4, 2018

In this Sept. 27, 2018, photo provided by Green Grazing, Australis Aquaculture employee Khanh Huynh checks on seaweed cultures, near Ninh Hai, Vietnam, Australis’s “Greener Grazing” project seeks to make a kind of seaweed that helps reduce methane emissions in livestock available to more farmers. (Josh Goldman/Green Grazing via AP)

Seaweed Diet for Cows Being Developed

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressSeptember 30, 2018

In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 photo, a lobster walks into a lobster trap on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean off Biddeford, Maine. The American lobster industry is starting to feel the effects of China's tariff on U.S. seafood as exporters and dealers report sagging prices and financial pressure. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Layoffs Hit, Prices Lag As Tariff Pinches Lobsters

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressSeptember 16, 2018

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. Preliminary indicators show Lyme disease abating during the summer of 2018 in New England, and public health authorities said they are finding fewer ticks in the environment. (CDC via AP, File)

Lyme Disease Cases Drop in New England

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressSeptember 10, 2018

In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2018 photo, Andrew Lebel battles an Atlantic bluefin tuna while Capt. Pete Speeches maneuvers his boat into position about 20 miles off the coast of southern Maine. The 320 lb. fish fought for about 45 minutes before it was hauled aboard the boat. An iconic species of tuna appears to be slowly recovering in the Atlantic Ocean, prompting fishermen to seek bigger commercial catch quotas and environmentalists to call for a more conservative approach. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

A Controversial Comeback for Coveted Tuna in New England

by Patrick Whittle Associated PressSeptember 4, 2018