When December rolls around, waterfront patterns begin to shift along the Maine coast. Many lobstermen have pulled their traps and hauled their boats from the water. Lobster dealers have put up a stock of lobsters, … Continue reading
Category: MLA NewsIn late October, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) sent a letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) strongly urging it to use its discretion to set the 2019 Atlantic herring quota above the level … Continue reading
Category: Management, MLA NewsMaine was well represented at the Take Reduction Team in October meeting by Erin Summers from DMR, Patrice McCarron from the MLA and four lobstermen — Dwight Carver, John Williams, Kristan Porter and Mike Sargent). … Continue reading
Category: Management, MLA NewsI spend a lot of time these days worrying about the future of the lobster fishery. We are staring some serious issues straight in the face and it is difficult to know what the impacts … Continue reading
Category: MLA NewsTake a minute to listen at any of Maine’s hundreds of lobster wharves. What word do you hear again and again? “Bait.” Maine lobstermen are obsessed with bait, and for good reason. Actions this fall … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, MLA NewsThe close of the year is a mixed time. On the one hand we look forward cheerfully to being with family and friends for Thanksgiving and Christmas. On the other, the days are shorter, the … Continue reading
Category: MLA NewsHow would you feel if you knew that a long line of adversaries was ready to shut down your livelihood and you had no one in your corner to help you wage battle against them? … Continue reading
Category: Management, MLA NewsNew deep-water lobster nursery areas found Since 1989, scientists led by University of Maine professor Richard Wahle, who was recently appointed as the new director of the Lobster Institute, have looked annually for juvenile lobsters … Continue reading
Category: MLA NewsJust a few days after the close of the October Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team (TRT) meeting in Providence, RI, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that a third North Atlantic right … Continue reading
Category: Management, MLA NewsMLA Directors Meeting Summary The MLA Directors met on September 5 in Belfast. President Kristan Porter welcomed Marine Patrol Col. Jon Cornish and DMR lobster biologist Kathleen Reardon to discuss the definition of a v-notch … Continue reading
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