Maine Department of Marine Resources

05/28/2026

Looking for a job? The Portland Fish Exchange has two fish crew positions available.

✅ Competitive Pay
✅ Paid Benefits (Full-Time)
✅ 401(k) with Company Match
✅ Growth Opportunities

What You’ll Do:
• Sort fresh fish & seafood
• Unload, move & stage product
• Ice, stack & ship seafood

❄️ Work in a cold, physically demanding environment
📅 Flexible schedule required

📞 Call Now: 207-773-0017
(Ask for Robert or Alex)

📧 Email: [email protected]

05/28/2026

The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) and Milbridge-based blueberry grower Wyman's have completed a successful partnership to improve fish passage for alewives into Bog Brook Flowage on the Narraguagus River, helping restore an important native fish run while supporting Maine’s coastal economy.

Wyman’s worked collaboratively with DMR to install fish passage improvements on a dam located at the western end of the wetland, ahead of this year’s annual alewife migration.

FMI https://bit.ly/4uBcCj4

05/26/2026

Our friends at the Maine Coast Fishermen's Association and Manomet want YOU to help gather data on black sea bass in Maine. While there is no active commercial fishery for this species currently, fishermen report seeing more and more black sea bass in Maine waters. The goal is to use this data to inform fishery management decisions and help fishermen and seafood businesses prepare for a future directed fishery. Participation incentives are available.

Learn more at www.mainecoastfishermen.org/black-sea-bass, and submit your sightings at https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/162f6d49459c4c0cafac9fbb1f767202

05/12/2026

Sending our deepest condolences to the friends, family, and colleagues of the Maine Warden Service pilot who died this morning in the line of duty.

05/08/2026

Register today for safer tomorrows!

05/04/2026

Here are a few opportunities this month in eastern Maine for commercial fishing safety training, thanks to our friends at McMillan Offshore Survival Training, Fishing Partnership Support Services, and Green and White Hope, Inc!

May the 4th be the day you or the commercial fisherman in your life registers for 1 of 4 FREE upcoming opportunities for safety/survival/USCG Drill Conductor certification in Eastport, Milbridge, Winter Harbor, or Southwest Harbor!! Registration information on the graphic. Please share and encourage your fisherman or deckhand/sternman to attend..it could make the difference in saving their life or someone else’s.

04/16/2026

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03/31/2026

Spend Your Summer on an Island in Maine! We’re looking for a Volunteer Island Caretaker Duo for the 2026 season on beautiful Burnt Island Light in Boothbay Harbor.

Welcome visitors, share the rich history of the coast, and help care for one of Maine’s most beloved lighthouse destinations - all just a mile offshore.

The Department of Marine Resources is seeking two volunteers (retired couple, siblings, friends, or partners) to serve as seasonal caretakers of Burnt Island, working closely in partnership with us at the Keepers of Burnt Island Light. FMI https://bit.ly/3PHc5wM

03/31/2026

Researchers from the University of Maine, in partnership with the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), are analyzing more than 20 years of fishery survey data from the Gulf of Maine to examine how environmental change is reshaping marine ecosystems. FMI https://bit.ly/4lZSIuV

03/30/2026

Ride the Fish Bus!

Maine DMR’s Bureau of Sea-Run Fish & Habitat is excited to sponsor Alewife Days again in Spring 2026. This program helps elementary and high school classes across Maine visit active alewife fish runs and witness the incredible spring migrations happening in our rivers and lakes.

From alewives climbing fish ladders to sturgeon leaping in the Kennebec and Androscoggin, spring is full of life and we want students to experience it firsthand. From late April (coastal and southern streams) through early June (Downeast and Inland streams) fish, eagles, osprey and other wildlife crowd Maine’s river corridors. In 2025, schools traveled to their local fish runs from Yarmouth to Calais, and we hope to expand even further this year!

We are inviting schools to apply for transportation support to nearby fish runs. Funding is limited, so be sure to register early:
https://forms.office.com/g/n7zaNmqNjT?origin=lprLink

2026 is also a World Fish Migration Day year! Join the global celebration and register your visit as an official event (optional):
https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/

Questions about locations or transportation assistance?
Contact: Theo Willis ([email protected] | 207 894 4537)