lobster industry
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PublishedJune 17, 2024
Artist pays tribute to Midcoast lobstermen
On Father’s Day, the Orr's Island Schoolhouse was full of visitors eager to view Dennis Wilkins’ exhibition on lobstermen.
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
State backs lobstermen in urging regulators to reevaluate changes to minimum size
They say increasing the minimum length of a harvestable lobster by one-sixteenth of an inch will prevent them from catching their most popular crustaceans.
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PublishedApril 18, 2024
Phippsburg Fishermen’s Museum project aims to preserve the 1925 Murphy house
The 1925 Murphy home in Phippsburg was donated to the town as one of the last surviving small fishing homes. The home is being restored and renovated to serve as the Fishermen's Museum.
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PublishedApril 1, 2024
NASA satellite could help identify best places to grow oysters, scallops in Gulf of Maine
Two University of Maine researchers are involved with an effort to log the most detailed data on record about the color and health of the ocean. The findings could have a range of impacts in Maine.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2024
Value of Maine lobster fishery rebounds in 2023 despite smallest catch in 15 years
Lobstermen brought in $464 million last year, a nearly 20% jump from 2022 that was propelled by a dockside price of $4.95 per pound, the second highest on record.
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PublishedFebruary 14, 2024
Environmental groups sue to force ship speed rules aimed at protecting rare whales
They filed a request in federal court to allow a paused lawsuit to go forward, saying endangered North Atlantic right whales need the protection of rules that NOAA proposed in 2022 but has yet to finalize.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
January storms leave many working waterfronts in Maine adrift
Back-to-back natural disasters caused significant damage to Maine's coastal infrastructure, leaving some wharf owners to wonder what it will take to rebuild and how they'll pay for it.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2024
Rare whale found dead off Massachusetts may have been entangled
Federal authorities say the North Atlantic right whale found dead off Massachusetts shows potential evidence of injury from entanglement in fishing gear, one of several threats to the species.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Hundreds of waterfront businesses to seek storm-related disaster relief
Fishing infrastructure, such as docks and roads, was damaged or wiped out up and down the coast by the 2 powerful storms that slammed Maine last week, and damages are likely to reach millions of dollars.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2024
Massachusetts lobstermen drop lawsuit against aquarium that told people not to eat lobster
Four lobstermen had sought $75,000 in damages for disparagement of their aquaculture product and interference with their proprietary rights.
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