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
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
In The News: May 2022
DFO shuts down herring, mackerel fisheries The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) closed the herring fishery in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic mackerel fishery in Atlantic Canada and Quebec on March 30. The … Continue reading
In The News- March 2022
Lobster Facing The “Red List”The Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBA) Seafood Watch program is considering adding North American lobster from both the U.S. and Canadian fisheries to its “red list.” Seafood Watch, which is supposed to … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead – March 2022
As everyone has seen, the value of last year’s catch was record setting, almost $725 million! Even though everything we buy for our business has gone up too, most of us saw a decent increase … Continue reading
Lobster Harvest Value Breaks Record in 2021
Last year was the most valuable year in the history of Maine’s lobster fishery according to recently updated data from the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). The landed value for lobster was $724,949,426, a 75% … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead – February 2022
The new year is off to a very busy start, and 2022 will likely prove to be the busiest and most eventful year ever for the MLA. While the MLA is consumed by litigation over … Continue reading
Steaming Ahead – December 2021
I cannot believe it is December already — what a year it’s been! In some ways, I feel like the Maine lobster industry has been run over by a truck and then kicked in the … Continue reading
MLA Announces $10 Million Campaign To Save Maine Lobstermen
By MLA Staff On November 16, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) announced the launch of a three-year, $10 million fundraising campaign to fight new federal regulations that threaten the future of the Maine lobster industry. The campaign … Continue reading