Skip to content
Maine Lobstermen's Community Alliance

Maine Lobstermen's Community Alliance

Protecting the Future, Preserving the Past

  • About Us
    • Staff
    • The Board
    • Contact Us
    • All About Lobster
  • Programs
    • Maine Lobstermen Leadership Institute
    • News from Maine’s Lobstering Community
    • Claws for a Cause
    • Past Project Highlights
  • YOU can support the MLCA!
    • YOU can support the MLCA!
    • Attend Events
  • Landings
    • Read Landings
    • About Landings
    • Advertising
    • Submission guidelines
  • Contact Us

Tag: right whales

Guest Column: Whale regulations, ‘red list’ for lobster absurd

Posted on January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 by Togue Brawn in Community Voices, Whales

A few weeks ago I attended a potluck fundraiser at a local library to raise money for the Maine Lobstermen’s Association’s Legal Defense Fund. MLA President Kristan Porter spoke of the importance of potlucks, where … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

Guest column: Collision course? ASMFC draft Addendum 27 and the Take Reduction Team

Posted on April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 by Patrick Keliher, Commissioner DMR in Management

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is moving forward with a new Addendum intended to support the resiliency of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank (GOM/GBK) lobster stock.As discussed in past industry meetings, the one … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

LMA 1 Seasonal Closure on Hold, For Now

Posted on November 2, 2021November 29, 2021 by MLA staff in Whales

Slightly more than a week after Judge Lance Walker of the U.S. District Court in Bangor temporarily halted implementation of a seasonal closure in Lobster Management Area 1 (LMA 1), lawyers for the Secretary of … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

Right Whales Congregating Where Wind Turbines Will Be

Posted on September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 by Melissa Waterman in Whales, Wind

North Atlantic right whales are congregating and finding food in a new area: southern New England waters where offshore wind energy projects are scheduled to be built. A new analysis, published in the journal Endangered … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

Maine Lobstermen’s Association Raises Concern Over Fishery’s Future And Need For Better Data In Whale Rules

Posted on March 25, 2021June 1, 2021 by MLA Staff in Whales

“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 →

Share This Story:

Maine Lobstermen Make Their Voices Heard

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by MLA Staff in Whales

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 →

Share This Story:

Canada’s 2021 Right Whale Protections Similar To 2020

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by MLA Staff in Whales

In February, the Government of Canada announced its 2021 rules designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from encounters with vessels and fishing gear. Increasingly large aggregations of feeding right whales have been sighted … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

In The NEWS

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 by MLA Staff in MLA News

MLMC Reauthorized For 5 years The Marine Resources Committee voted unanimously in March to pass LD 338, An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative. The Collaborative was created in 2013 … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

NMFS calls for deeper cuts over ten years to protect whales

Posted on January 29, 2021March 25, 2021 by MLA Staff in Management, Whales

Right whales will continue to decline unless other actions taken Two major announcements related to North Atlantic right whales and the U.S. lobster fishery were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as 2020 … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

Maine Right Whale Court Case on Hold Until May

Posted on November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 by Mary Anne Mason in Whales

On November 16, 2020, Judge Lance Walker ordered a temporary stay in the lawsuit led by Max Strahan, aka Man Against Xtinction, in September 2019 in U.S. District court in Bangor. Strahan had brought suit … Continue reading →

Share This Story:

Posts navigation

Older posts

Categories

  • Aquaculture
  • Bait
  • Business & Economics
  • Community Voices
  • DMR
  • Federal
  • Health and Safety
  • Healthcare & Insurance
  • Management
  • Miscellaneous
  • MLA News
  • People & Places
  • Programs
  • Science
  • Whales
  • Wind

PDF Downloads

April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
December 2022
November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
March/April 2021
February 2021
January 2021
2020
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
September 2020
October 2020
November 2020
December 2020
2019
January 2019
February 2019
March 2019
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
2018
January 2018
February 2018
March 2018
April 2018
May 2018
June 2018
July 2018
August 2018
September 2018
October 2018
November 2018
December 2018
2017
February 2017
March 2017
April 2017
May 2017
June 2017
July 2017
August 2017
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017
2016
December 2016
November 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
April 2016
March 2016
February 2016
January 2016
2015
December 2015
November 2015
October 2015
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
April 2015
March 2015
February 2015
2014
December 2014/January 2015
November, 2014
October 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
January 2014
2013
December 2013
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
Pre-2013

Archives

Contact Us

Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance
PO Box 315
Kennebunk, ME 04043
207-967-6221

Quick Links

  • About Us
  • All About Lobster
  • Programs
  • YOU can support the MLCA!
  • Read Landings
  • All About Lobster
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy