Seafood Processors, Dealers Receive More Than $15 million in Aid More than $15 million was awarded earlier this summer to 107 Maine seafood dealers and processors to help increase the supply of Maine-harvested seafood, strengthen … Continue reading
Guest Column: DMR, MLA share Similar Legal Strategies
Speaking at the MLA’s Annual meeting last month I had the privilege of sharing a summary of the state’s efforts on the legal front in support of Maine’s lobster industry. I was pleasantly surprised to … Continue reading
Guest Column: Maine lobstermen deserve credit for two decades of effort
First published May 6 in the Ellsworth American In a recent column, “The Maine lobster industry is overlooking weak sleeves” [April 22, 2022], a right whale activist alleged that lobstermen are intentionally ignoring a simple … 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
Materials for Weak Insert Mandate in Short Supply
On May 1, Maine lobstermen will be required to incorporate weak inserts that break at 1,700 pounds of pressure into all buoy lines and to add additional traps to trawls depending on distance from shore. … Continue reading
Lobster is the Engine of the Southern Maine Economy
How important is the lobster fishery to the Maine coast? What will be the economic impact of a reduction in the harvest due to regulations or a changing Gulf of Maine? We continue our three-part … Continue reading
Surveys Reveal Where North Atlantic Right Whales Are Now
Researchers from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, have identified 187 individual North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the summer. The whales comprise about 40% of … Continue reading
Right Whales Turn Up Off Newfoundland
A Canadian marine mammal scientist says North Atlantic right whales are increasingly being spotted in waters off northern Newfoundland. He says sightings are still relatively rare, but the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) … Continue reading
Guest Column – We cannot win this battle without your support
It’s never easy to ask for help. But the truth is if all of us whose livelihoods depend on Maine’s lobster industry don’t step up in a big way, we are all in deep trouble. … Continue reading
Guest Column: A tough time to predict the future
I came across this quote from Mark Twain the other day: “Predictions are difficult, especially when it involves the future.” Not a day goes by that I don’t hear a question from a fisherman about … Continue reading