Maine’s natural resource-based businesses won’t succeed without tough enforcement. Portland Press Herald editorial The lobster fishery has been the one bright spot in Maine’s seafood industry for years – at least until last week. On Tuesday, the state Department of Marine Resources ordered a two-year shutdown of lobster and crab harvesting in a 7-square-mile region Read More
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Fisherman to Find New Place for Traps After Lobstering Banned Downstream from Former Chemical Plant
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
Mercury Levels Close Mouth of Maine River to Lobster, Crab Harvesting
The state says the closure on the Penobscot River, prompted by contamination found in lobsters, will last at least two years. Portland Press Herald news story The Maine Department of Marine Resources said Tuesday it will close a seven-square-mile area at the mouth of the Penobscot River to the harvesting of lobsters and crabs because Read More
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
Creature Feature: The Maine Lobster
To many of us who live in Maine year-round, the hundreds of thousands of multicolored buoys…
Carbon Emissions Hurting Lobster Industry
Group urging President Obama to increase regulations WMTW news story PORTLAND, Maine —During the summer season, Commercial Street is jammed with people who are buying Maine’s signature food – lobster. Some say carbon emissions could chase the lobsters away, but one lobsterman said there are bigger things to worry about with the driving force in 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
The Lobster Bubble: Maine’s Lobster Boom, and Why Experts Predict a Dramatic Bust
By Joanna M. Foster ThinkProgress news story When Adam Campbell first moved to North Haven in Penobscot Bay, Maine, in his early twenties, he was told that if he ever saw more than three cars in a driveway, it was a party and he should invite himself over. North Haven is one of Maine’s fourteen 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
