The largest donation yet to Save Maine Lobstermen, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association’s (MLA) fundraising campaign, has given the Association a crucial boost in its fight to save the lobster fishery from being strangled by new … Continue reading
Whale Rule Enforcement: Communication and Common Sense
Despite efforts by Maine’s delegation and Governor Mills to get the federal whale rule implementation date pushed to July 1, NOAA did not budge on that request, and the new federal regulations went into effect … Continue reading
Guest Column: Hospitality Industry Must Act Now to #SaveMaineLobstermen
Maine’s lobster industry is in a fight for its life and it’s up to all of us to do what we can to help save it.We all know the problem. Under a court mandate, the … Continue reading
ASMFC Recommends Changes to Lobster Plan to Protect Spawning Stock
The time is fast approaching when Maine lobstermen must weigh in on a proposal to respond to a changing lobster population in the Gulf of Maine. That is the underlying assumption of the Atlantic States … Continue reading
Electronic Tracking to be Required for Federally-Permitted Lobster Vessels
On March 31, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Lobster Management Board voted to require federally permitted vessels fishing for lobster and Jonah crab to use electronic vessel tracking devices next year. Vessels from … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead – May 2022
When it rains, it pours. Maine lobstermen are grappling with the reality of the May 1 deadline for Round One of three in the 10-year whale plan. Round One only gets us to a 60% … Continue reading
Milbridge Lobsterman Makes Multi-year Donation to #SaveMaineLobstermen
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association’s (MLA) Save Maine Lobstermen campaign — to raise $10 million to wage a legal battle against the National Marine Fisheries Service’s punitive 10-year whale plan — has inspired support from people … Continue reading
NMFS Commits to ‘Graduated Enforcement’ of New Whale Regulations
As we announced last fall in our final rule to implement new measures to protect North Atlantic right whales, the deadline for Northeast lobster and Jonah crab fishermen to make the necessary gear modifications is … Continue reading
To Your Health: Know your knees and how to protect them
When you go to sea, whether it’s calm or blowing hard, you are giving your knees a workout. The knee is a bony joint that is a complex collection of bones, muscles, ligaments (soft tissue … Continue reading
Fisheries Working Group Offers Draft Recommendations for Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap
Last July, the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) formally launched the Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap effort, a federally-funded initiative to identify how to support an offshore wind (OSW) economy in Maine that considers the impacts of … Continue reading