Month: May 2017

Salmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely become extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue, ceding their habitats to non-native fish, predicts a study by scientists from the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis. …

Four shrimp boats rounded the corner of Easterlings Canal on their way to the dock at Ditcharo Seafood in Buras. One after another, deckhands threw ropes onto the pier, lassoed wooden posts and pulled their boats tight. But when they arrived at the dock, the shrimpers had little to show for their work. They said they caught about a third of their typical load. "I might not go back out because it's so bad," In said. "I might find another job." …

A large segment of the Maine coastline between Old Orchard Beach and Harpswell was declared off-limits to clam harvesting this week because of red tide, adding further restrictions to a much larger area that has been under a shellfish harvesting prohibition for more than a month. …