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Health insurance open enrollment starts Nov. 15<\/a><\/h3>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 Open enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) starts Nov. 15 and runs through Feb.\u00a015, 2015.\u00a0 Signing up means getting health care coverage and avoiding tax penalties, too.\r\n\r\nAs part of the ACA, traine...

FISH SAFE - Winch safety study identifies emergency shutoffs <\/a><\/h3>In the January 2014 CFN, we discussed the hazards associated with winch level-winding operations on trawlers based on our ongoing Northeast Drum Winch Safety Improvement Study.\u00a0 This time, we\u2019ll look at what we have learned about drum winch emerge...

EDITORIAL - Safety matters: Time for a quick review <\/a><\/h3>Taking up the theme of fishing vessel safety can be a hazardous thing to do in a CFN editorial since it entails walking that fine line between helpfully calling readers\u2019 attention to a fundamentally important topic and alienating them with nagging....

ASMFC to address Area 1A spawning provisions in herring amendment <\/a><\/h3>ALEXANDRIA, VA \u2013 Gulf of Maine herring fishermen who have been frustrated in recent years by problematic spawning closures in Area 1A soon will have a chance to discuss how those closures could be improved to better protect ripe and running fish.\r\n...

Invasive green crabs destroying shellfish resources, intertidal habitat <\/a><\/h3>I\u00a0admit it.\u00a0 I was a skeptic.\u00a0 How could one little critter cause so much devastation \u2013 and apparently overnight?\u00a0 Not surprisingly, the warning bell being sounded by harvesters was warranted.\u00a0 I was converted the minute I saw with my own eyes...

Maine DMR to hold coastwide lobster meetings in March <\/a><\/h3>HALLOWELL, ME \u2013 Over the last year, Pat Keliher, commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources (DMR), has held many meetings with the lobster industry on a range of issues as part of his commitment to bring information to the industry and have...

UMaine seeks second DOE grant to build pilot wind farm off Monhegan <\/a><\/h3>ORONO, ME \u2013 In February, the Maine Aqua Ventus I (MAV-I) team submitted its proposal for a demonstration-scale offshore wind farm to the US Department of Energy (DOE) in the second qualifying round for\r\n\r\n$46.5 million in funding.\r\n\r\nIf successful,...

LMR - Chinese New Year provides lobster sales uptick <\/a><\/h3>January and February used to be the slowest months in the year for the lobster marketplace, back before US and Canadian exporters began selling to China.\u00a0 But no more.\u00a0 This year they sold every large lobster they could buy to the Chinese for that ...

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