The Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) has assembled a powerful legal team to represent its members in legal and regulatory challenges regarding the level of protection necessary to safeguard endangered North Atlantic right whales from lobster … Continue reading
Category: Programs, WhalesIn 2019, Maine Sea Grant was awarded a $2 million grant to fund research aimed at understanding physical and chemical changes affecting lobster in the Gulf of Maine as well as a regional lobster extension … Continue reading
Category: Programs, ScienceThe Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (MLMC) gave its annual report on activities to industry members at the Maine Fishermen’s Forum. MLMC executive director Marianne Lacroix opened the session by introducing the MLMC’s new board chair, … Continue reading
Category: ProgramsMaine’s working waterfront has been a source of worry for many along the coast. Conversion of waterfront property to residential or retail use, reduced access to the water for fishermen, and multiple other assaults on … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, ProgramsIn late January, lobstermen, seafood dealers, scientists and others from the United States and Canada will gather in the New Brunswick city of Moncton for the Lobster Town Meeting organized by The Lobster Institute at … Continue reading
Category: ProgramsNOAA plans to stop production of paper nautical charts within five years. The agency will transition to electronic navigational charts (ENC) over the next five years while improving data consistency and providing larger scale coverage. … Continue reading
Category: Management, ProgramsLobstermen turned out by the hundreds last month to learn about the state’s plan to reduce entanglement risk from the Maine lobster fishery to right whales. In early November, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) … Continue reading
Category: Management, ProgramsAround a month ago news broke that Canada’s Liberal Party was formally adopting a policy to transition British Columbia’s net pen finfish aquaculture programs to shoreside production facilities as a part of its election platform. … Continue reading
Category: Management, ProgramsAquaculture is big news in Maine. Newspaper stories proclaim, “The future looks bright for Maine’s growing aquaculture industry.” Fresh-faced entrepreneurs smile for the cameras in their foul weather gear in front of their cages or … Continue reading
Category: Miscellaneous, ProgramsThe Land for Maine’s Future Board selected six projects for grants through the Working Waterfront Access Protection Program. The funds are used to purchase development rights which will ensure that the property remains available to … Continue reading
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