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Author: Jon Johansen

Lobster Boat Races Return With a Roar!

Posted on May 3, 2021June 3, 2021 by Jon Johansen in People & Places

Last year the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association held six of its usual 11 races; in most cases the race was the only event to be held in that town during 2020. It was not … Continue reading →

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DMR Spring Trawl Survey Begins May 3

Posted on May 3, 2021June 3, 2021 by DMR Press Release in Science

The spring inshore trawl survey is scheduled to begin in New Hampshire waters on May 3, working its way east to finish up about June 4 near Cutler/Lubec. The vessel is a white fiberglass Northeast … Continue reading →

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Fishermen Speak Out at Augusta Rally Against Offshore Wind Initiatives

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Becky Marshall in Community Voices

Riley Eaton, lobsterman and graduating senior, Deer Isle-Stonington High School“I’m an avid supporter of sustainability renewable energy and keeping our earth green. However I do not believe that sticking windmills in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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MLMC Steps up For Maine’s Lobster Industry

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Business & Economics

The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (MLMC) found itself in a delicate situation last year. The Collaborative’s mission is to build demand for Maine lobster. Yet national environmental organizations had focused public attention on the decline … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: In a Pandemic Year, Science and Relationships Matter

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by By Susie Arnold (First published at www.islandinstitute.org on March 24. Reprinted with permission) in Science

My favorite work event of the year just happened. It was the Fishermen’s Climate Roundtables. Fishermen’s Climate Roundtables is an annual opportunity for fishermen and scientists to come together and share notes about the past … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: All Lobstermen Will be Affected by Wind Energy Array

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Statement by Jeff Putnam, Zone F meeting on March 23 in Community Voices

Welcome to the Zone F meeting to discuss the offshore wind project proposed by the state of Maine.This windmill array is proposed to go somewhere in Zone D, E or F. If you do not … Continue reading →

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DMR Lobster Surveys Give Picture of The Future

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Business & Economics

Many fishermen depend on the Maine Fishermen’s Forum to reconnect with friends and colleagues and get caught up on the latest happenings in lobster management and science. Though the Forum was cancelled this year due … Continue reading →

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Lobstermen Deeply Troubled by Proposed Whale Regulations

Posted on May 3, 2021 by Becky Marshall in Community Voices

On May 31, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is under a court order to finalize a series of regulations designed to protect the North Atlantic right whale and to begin implementation of its new … Continue reading →

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Guest Column: The Cost of Cutting Access to Healthy Fisheries

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Jerry Fraser (First published in National Fisherman, April 6. Reprinted with permission) in Miscellaneous

In the early 1980s, when I was fishing a dayboat dragger out of Ogunquit, Maine, a noise ordinance came before the town meeting under the terms of which, as we understood them, fishermen would not … Continue reading →

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Lobstermen Face Uncertain Future Together

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Wind

You hear it often among fishermen on Maine’s commercial wharves: “Livin’ the life.” It’s the all-encompassing laconic answer to everything from “How are you?” to “How’d you do yesterday?” Right now Maine lobstermen are living … Continue reading →

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