FILE - Lobster fishermen work at sunrise, Sept. 8, 2022, off Kennebunkport, Maine. A report issued April 2024 from the Portland, Maine-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute stated that the Gulf of Maine experienced its fifth warmest year on record last year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - A pair of North Atlantic right whales interact at the surface of Cape Cod Bay, March 27, 2023, in Massachusetts. A report issued April 2024 from the Portland, Maine-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute stated that the Gulf of Maine experienced its fifth warmest year on record last year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, NOAA permit # 21371)
FILE-A school of baitfish swims off the coast of Biddeford, Maine, Sept. 3, 2018. A report issued April 2024 from the Portland, Maine-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute stated that the Gulf of Maine experienced its fifth warmest year on record last year. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)