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Hundreds of striking employees at one of the U.S. Navy’s biggest shipbuilding contractors have voted to approve a deal with Bath Iron Works, ending a weeklong strike

Maine’s catch of lobsters has declined for the fourth straight year as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean

The Farmers’ Almanac isn’t going out of business after all, but it is leaving Maine for the big city

Fishing regulators are extending a shutdown for New England’s historic shrimp fishing business, effectively shuttering an industry that fell victim to warming oceans

Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off extinction

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so

There's an effort underway to bring New England shrimp back to seafood customers but fisherman are finding few and the fishing industry may face an even longer shutdown

Some U.S. businesses verify applicants’ eligibility to work using an online government system called E-Verify

Commercial fishermen are eager to see if President Donald Trump's command to shed federal fishing regulations will boost one of the nation's oldest industries