By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine — Mercury contamination found in muscle tissue of lobsters at the mouth of the Penobscot River led to the Maine Department of Marine Resources’ decision to close a small area to fishing for at least two years. “This closure is being taken Read More
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LePage’s Upbeat View of Climate Change Ignores Impact on Fishermen
We can’t afford to let Maine’s shrimping and lobstering industries go down the tubes. By Mark Brewer, a trustee of the Maine Lobstering Union and resident of Boothbay Harbor Portland Press Herald op-ed BOOTHBAY HARBOR — I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard Gov. Paul LePage speak at a conference Dec. 5 about the Read More
King’s Climate Change Speech in Congress Ponders Disaster for Maine Lobster Industry
By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News news story AUGUSTA, Maine â Sen. Angus King added his voice to the climate change debate during a speech on the U.S. Senate floor Tuesday, where he said a northward migration of lobsters looking for colder water could soon devastate Maine’s fishery. Lobster harvests in Maine have Read More
President’s Climate Plan: Good for National Security and Lobsters?
Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service Public News Service news story PORTLAND, Maine – Extreme weather events, including heavy rains and flooding, are just the tip of the iceberg for potential effects of climate change in Maine, experts say. One climate-related concern is national security, according to military leaders, scientists and environmentalists. Judy Berk, Natural Resources Read More
‘They Just Boil Out of the Water’: Green Crabs Destroy Clams; Are Lobsters Next?
by Will Graff The Forecaster news story FREEPORT —Clammer Clint Goodenow motored his skiff up to a small, white buoy in the Harraseeket River Monday afternoon and began pulling up yards of rope from the bay floor below. After reaching the end of the rope, he leaned over the side of the boat and plunged Read More
State’s Lobster Industry in Hot Water
The Day (Connecticut) editorial Whether you’re visiting Connecticut or you live here, chances are you’ve enjoyed a steaming lobster served with drawn butter or a roll stuffed with lobster meat. You’ve ordered lobsters at a seafood shack like Abbott’s in Noank or Captain Scott’s in New London or bought some off the docks of Stonington Read More
Learning about Lobsters
I get to do some pretty cool things thanks to my job at the Natural Resources Council of Maine. I met Bonnie Raitt at a concert on the eve of the removal of the Edwards Dam. NRCM was invited to work at a Phish concert (how cool is that?!) in Augusta. I met Senator George Read More
Maine Coalition: Less Carbon Pollution Would Benefit Lobsters
Businesses and environmentalists say Maine should endorse President Obama’s climate-change plan to help protect the state’s most important fishery. by North Cairn, staff writer Portland Press Herald news story PORTLAND — Drastically reducing carbon emissions would likely slow the negative effects of climate change on the Gulf of Maine lobster industry, leaders of the Maine Read More
Scientists: Maine Lobster Industry Threatened by Climate Change
by Susan Sharon MPBN news story It’s that time of year when native Mainers and summer tourists alike don plastic bibs and get crackin’s on succulent Maine lobsters. Last year lobstermen landed about $340 million worth of these coveted crustaceans, generating $1 billion worth of economic activity to the state’s economy. But there’s a largely Read More
