DEPT. OF MARINE RESOURCES

• About DMR
• Aquaculture
• Aquarium, Library, Lighthouse, Education
• Commercial Fisheries
• Councils, Meetings, etc.
• Health & Safety: Is it Safe to Eat/Swim/Fish?
• Laws and Regulations
• Licenses
• Marine Patrol
• Municipal Shellfish
• Recreational Fishing
• Research and Surveys
• Species Info (lobsters, clams, whales, etc.)
• Weather, Tides, Sunrise, Environmental Data
• Wetlands, Permit Review

Other Marine Resource Links, Maine and Beyond

• Accessing the Maine Coast
• Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program
• Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership
• Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC)
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science
• Bigelow & Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, 1953 ed., via the Gulf of Maine Research Inst.
• Boat Shows - Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts
• Public Boat Access Sites, c/o Maine Dept. of Conservation
• Boston Seafood Show
• Bowdoin College, Coastal Studies Center
• Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
  • Bedford Institute of Oceanography
  • Maritimes Region
  • St. Andrews Biological Station
• Census of Marine Life
• Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence - Ocean Systems
• Centre for Marine Biodiversity
• Choir Coalition (coalition for Atlantic herring fishery)
• Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI)
• Cobscook Bay Resource Center
• College of the Atlantic; Research Vessel Osprey
• Commercial Fishing Safety Council
• Commercial Marine Expo (formerly Fish Expo Atlantic), New Bedford MA
• Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)
• Damariscotta Mills Fishladder Restoration
• DeepCwind Consortium
• DMR Advisory Council
• Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research and Education
• Downeast Lobstermen's Association
• Eat Maine Foods - Eat Local Foods Coalition
• eMOLT - Environmental Monitors On Lobster Traps
• FishBase, a Global Information System on Fishes
• Fisheries Leadership & Sustainability Forum
• Fish Expo Atlantic, now Commercial Marine Expo, New Bedford MA
• Fish Health Technical Committee
• FishResearch.org (Collaborative Fisheries Research)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Fisheries and Aquaculture Dept.
• Gulf of Maine Area Census of Marine Life
• Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
  • Gulf of Maine Times (council-published newspaper)
• Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
• Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association
• Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMoos) is retired; most functions have moved to NERACOOS.org
• Gulf of Maine Research Institute (formerly GoM Aquarium)
• Herring Gut Learning Center, Port Clyde
• International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• Island Institute
• Land for Maine's Future Board
• Lobster Advisory Council
• Lobster Conservancy
• Lobster Conservation Management Team
• Lobster Economic Sustainability Task Force
• Lobster Research, Education, and Development Board
• Lobster Zone Councils
• Maine Aquaculture Association
• Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center
• Maine Dept. of Conservation
  • Navigation Aids
  • Ocean Energy Planning/Testing Sites
  • Public Boat Access Sites
• Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Land and Water Quality
• Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
  • Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund
• Maine Fishermen's Forum
• Maine Harbors - Weather, Tides, Nautical Links
• Maine Import-Export Lobster Dealers' Association
• Maine Legislature, Marine Resources Joint Standing Committee
• Maine Lobstermen's Association
• Maine Lobster Festival
• Maine Lobster Promotion Council
• Maine Maritime Academy
• Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
• Maine Offshore Lobstermen's Alliance (MOLA)
• Maine Seafood Alliance
• Maine Seaweed Council
• Maine Shellfish Officers Association
• Maine Shrimp Trappers Association
• Maine State Planning Office
  • Land for Maine's Future
  • Maine Coastal Program
  • Natural Resource Agency Task Force
  • Ocean Energy Task Force
• Maine Technology Institute
• Marinas in Maine
• Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)
• Marine Mammals of Maine
• Marine Stewardship Council
• Massachusetts Fish and Game
• Midcoast Fishermen's Association
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch
• Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory
• Navigation Aids c/o Maine Dept. of Conservation
• National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
  • Northeast Regional Office (NERO)
  • Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC)
  • Fishwatch (U.S. seafood facts for many species)
• National Ocean Council
• National Ocean Service (NOAA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Fisheries Institute (seafood recipes, health and nutrition)
• Nautical Charts from NOAA
• New Brunswick Dept. of Agriculture and Aquaculture
• New Brunswick Dept. of Fisheries
• New England Aquarium, Boston
• New England Estuarine Research Society (NEERS)
• New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC)
• New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative (NEOSEC)
• New Hampshire Fish and Game
• Northeast Consortium (NEC)
• Northeast Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS)
• Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC)
• Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
• Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA)
• Northwest Atlantic Marine Ecological Assessment (with maps, from the Nature Conservancy)
• Nova Scotia Dept. of Fisheries and Aquaculture
• Ocean Energy Task Force
• OceansWide
• Penobscot East Resource Center
• Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport
• Portland Fish Exchange
• Leland W. Pollock's A Practical Guide to the Marine Animals of Northeastern North America from Rutgers University Press, via Google Books
• Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)
• Resource Conservation and Development Areas
  • Downeast RC&D (Hancock and Washington Counties)
  • Time and Tide RC&D (Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox, and Waldo Counties)
  • Threshold to Maine RC&D (York and Cumberland Counties)
• Scallop Advisory Council
• Seafood Health Facts
• Seafood Markets in Maine c/o DowntownME.com
• Sea Urchin Zone Council
• Shellfish Advisory Council
• Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University and UNH
• Southern Maine Community College
• Sportsman's Alliance of Maine (SAM)
• St. Croix River Watershed Board
• Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
• Tide and Current Predictor
• University of Maine at Machias
• University of Maine, Climate Change Institute
• University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Marine
• University of Maine, Darling Marine Center
  • Gulf of Maine Foundation
• University of Maine, DeepCwind Consortium
• University of Maine, Fogler Library
• University of Maine, Lobster Institute
• University of Maine School of Law, Center for Oceans and Coastal Law
• University of Maine, School of Marine Science
• University of Maine, Sea Grant Program
• University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)
  • SMAST Fisheries
• University of Southern Maine
• University of New England
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District
• U.S. Coast Guard
  • Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety (www.fishsafe.info)
  • Homeport
  • Sector Northern New England
  • Voluntary Dockside Exams for Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety
• U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Maine Fisheries Program Complex (Craig Brook and Green Lake National Fish Hatcheries, and the Maine Fishery Resources Office)
• U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center
• U.S. Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force
• U.S. Naval Observatory - Get the correct time and other data here
• Washington County Community College
• Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
• Working Waterfront Access Pilot Program

Please contact the DMR webmaster if any of these links fail.

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