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
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
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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Maine Fishermen Unite In Rally Against Offshore Wind Turbines
A crowd of nearly 500 lobstermen, fishing families, business people, and other supporters gathered outside the Augusta Civic Center on April 28 to oppose the industrialization of the Gulf of Maine with massive offshore wind … Continue reading
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Maine Lobstermen’s Association Raises Concern Over Fishery’s Future And Need For Better Data In Whale Rules
“The MLA will not let over-reaching regulations based on inaccurate data erase the Maine lobster fishery and our fishing heritage,” said Patrice McCarron, executive director of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA), in response to two … Continue reading
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Maine Lobstermen Make Their Voices Heard
In December 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) released its draft amendments to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, commonly known as the whale rules. The draft rules, designed to reduce risk to … Continue reading
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Guest Column: Proposed Regulations Place Unfair Burden On Lobstermen
I want to start off by saying thank you to Maine lobstermen for all your hard work on right whales. After two decades of compliance with federal whale rules, you are again being called on … Continue reading
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Steaming Ahead – March & April 2021
I am forever an optimist, but the issues that Maine lobstermen are facing in 2021 keep me awake at night. The MLA is rallying the troops and organizing our allies as we now face the … Continue reading
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Outreach Meeting On Wind Array Leads To More Questions
The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) held two outreach meetings online in March to address fisheries and wildlife concerns related to the Governor’s proposal for an offshore wind research array in federal waters off southern and … Continue reading
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First New England Wind Project In Federal Waters Moves Forward
On March 8 the Department of Interior approved the final environmental review of the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project. The project, which has been in development in various forms for nearly two decades, will … Continue reading
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