Monthly Archives: March 2018

Maine can learn from New Zealand’s fish disaster

New Zealand has suffered an environmental disaster that’s severely impacted everything from water supplies to fish. Throughout a recent edition of New Zealand’s Fish & Game magazine, this sad story was told. Unregulated expansion of dairy and other farms, along with lots of development, has harmed their waterways, negatively impacting the environment. For example, 20% […]

Fisheries Group Tackles Heritage Law Changes

DIFW’s fisheries working group dived into the many issues of Maine’s Heritage waters where native brook trout and charr are protected, at the group’s meeting on March 13. Francis Brautigam, DIFW’s fisheries division director, chairs the meetings and leads the discussion. A few weeks ago Francis made some important promises to the legislature’s Inland Fisheries […]