Portland, Maine (AP) – Conservation groups and state officials say initiatives to purchase commercial fishing rights and distribute them to local fishermen will help preserve Maine’s fishing communities. Three nonprofits – the Island Institute, The Nature Conservancy and Penobscot East Resource Center – have created the state’s first “permit banks” in which they buy fishing […]
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