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Submissions from 2017

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Draft Fisheries Management Plan for the Lower Androscoggin River, Little Androscoggin River and Sabattus River, Michael Brown, Paul Christman, Gail Wippelhauser, Francis Brautigam, and Jim Pellerin

Submissions from 2015

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Conducting Aquaculture in Maine, 2015, Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 2013

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Compilation of Shellfish Laws and Regulations, Michelle Mason Webber and Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 2012

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Chapter Number and Title: 11.22 2012-13 Closures (11) Muscongus Area, (12) Southeast Harbor and (13) East Moosabec Reach. Emergency regulations, Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 2006

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Anadromous Alosid Restoration in the Androscoggin River Watershed; Annual Report, July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006, Michael E. Brown

Submissions from 2004

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Governor’s Task Force on the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in Maine - Executive Summary of Final Report, Governor’s Task Force on the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in Maine

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Governor’s Task Force on the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in Maine Report and Recommendations, Governor’s Task Force on the Planning and Development of Marine Aquaculture in Maine and Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 1998

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Results from the 1998 Sea Urchin Industry Survey Conducted by the Maine Department of Marine Resources and Sea Urchin Zone Council, Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 1994

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A Report to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources Regarding the Economics of Fish Stock Enhancement, Maine Groundfish Hatchery Study Commission and Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 1991

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Economic Benefits Accruing to Sport Fisheries on the Lower Kennebec River from the Provision of Fish Passage at Edwards Dam or from the Removal of Edwards Dam, Kevin J. Boyle, Mario F. Teisl, John R. Moring, and Stephen D. Reiling

Submissions from 1990

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A Study of the Impact of Game and Nongame Species on Maine's Economy, Kevin J. Boyle, Stephen D. Reiling, Mario Teisl, and Marcia L. Phillips

Submissions from 1988

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Kennebec River Striped Bass Restoration Program, Thomas S. Squires Jr

Submissions from 1986

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Biological and Economic Analysis of Lobster Fishery Policy in Maine, L.S. Botsford & Associates, Louis W. Botsford, James E. Wilen, and Edward J. Richardson

Submissions from 1985

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Overview of the American Shad Resources of the Kennebec River, Thomas S. Squires Jr, Lewis N. Flagg, and Malcom E. Smith

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Overview of the River Herring Resources of the Kennebec River, Thomas S. Squires Jr, Malcom E. Smith, and Lewis N. Flagg

Submissions from 1984

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Scientific and Educational Index of Publications : 1946-1983, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Margaret Hunter, Pamela Shephard-Lupo, Jean Chenoweth, and Kenneth Honey

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The Hatchery - An Eighty Year Account of the Fishery Station at McKown Point From 1904 to 1984, Alden P. Stickney

Submissions from 1979

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Index of Publications : 1946-1978, Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 1978

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Assessment and Management of the Georges Bank Herring Fishery, V.C. Anthony and G Waring

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National Investigation of Market Opportunities for Maine Seafood, Harbridge House, Inc and Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 1976

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Natural Abundance Fluctuations in the Maine Shrimp Fishery, Robert L. Dow

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Predicted Trends in Maine Landings by Species, Robert L. Dow

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Sea Temperature and Maine Herring Landings, Robert L. Dow

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The Tallman lecture series for 1976 at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, Spencer Apollonio

Submissions from 1975

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Reduced Growth and Survival of Clams Transplanted to an Oil Spill Site, Robert L. Dow

Submissions from 1974

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Elvers in Maine : Techniques of Locating, Catching and Holding, William W. Sheldon

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Floating Fish Traps

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Trap Contributions to Losses in the American Lobster Fishery, William W. Sheldon and Robert L. Dow

Submissions from 1972

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Approximate Optimum Sea Temperature by Species, Robert L. Dow

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Lobster Culture, Robert L. Dow

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Renewable Resource Problems of Heavy Metal Mining in Coastal Maine, Robert L. Dow and John W. Hurst

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Sea Temperature Effects on Species Abundance, Robert L. Dow

Submissions from 1971

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Changes in the Abundance of the Maine Lobster Resource with Sea Temperature Fluctuations and Increases in Fishing Effort, Robert L. Dow

Submissions from 1970

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Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries 26th Biennial Report, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1969

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Biographical Data - Commissioner Ronald W. Green, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1968

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Changes in Abundance of the Green Crab, Carcinus Maenas (L.), in Relation to Recent Temperature Changes. 1968, Walter R. Welch

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Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries 25th Biennial Report, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1967

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Proposal NTC 67-19 to the State of Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries : Engineering Design of a Controlled Temperature Under-sea Lobster Farm, Nuclear Technology Corporation

Submissions from 1966

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Harvesting and Selling Mussels, Donald M. Harriman

Submissions from 1963

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Marine Research, Robert L. Dow

Submissions from 1961

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The Maine Lobster Fishery, Robert L. Dow, Donald M. Harriman, Giulio Pontecorvo, and James A. Storer

Submissions from 1957

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Sanitary Criteria for Shellfish by Species and by Area, Robert L. Dow

Submissions from 1955

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Quahog Management in Maine, 1955, Robert L. Dow and Dana E. Wallace

Submissions from 1952

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The Distribution of the Green Crab, Carcinides Maenas (L.) in the Northwestern Atlantic. 1952, Leslie W. Scattergood, Maine Department of Sea & Shore Fisheries, and Maine Department of Marine Resources

Submissions from 1951

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Three Commercially Important Polychaete Marine Worms from Maine : Nereis (Neanthes) virens; Glycera dibranchiata; Glycera americana, Philip E. Glidden

Submissions from 1947

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Maine's Inshore Fishing Industry - Present Status and Possible Readjustments, Edward A. Ackerman and Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1946

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DDT and Lobsters : A Bulletin of the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1913

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Sea and Shore Fisheries General Laws, ca. 1913, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1890

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Report of the Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries of the State of Maine, 1889-90, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1888

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Report of the Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries of the State of Maine, 1888, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries

Submissions from 1886

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Report of the Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries of the State of Maine for the Year 1886, Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries