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
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Maine Lobsters Threatened By Climate Change, Scientists and Industry Warn
by Roxanne Palmer International Business Times news story Polar bears aren’t the only animals affected by climate change — a warmer world could soon be threatening that centerpiece of a New England summer: the Maine lobster. And what’s bad news for the Maine lobster is likely bad news for Maine. These tasty cockroaches of the 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
Climate Change Threatens Maine’s Lobsters
by John Upton Grist news story Rising flood waters. Exotic disease outbreaks. Melting glaciers. Pfft, trifling details. Mere distractions from more tangible impacts of climate change. Because why? Because LOBSTERS! The Natural Resources Council of Maine, an environmental group, launched a campaign Tuesday that could grab the attention of some who might otherwise not see 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
Climate Change Threat to Lobsters Spells Big Trouble for Maine
Lobstering, tourism, conservation interests launch campaign to protect iconic Maine species from carbon pollution threat NRCM and NWF news release Portland, ME — At the Maine Lobster Company, just days before the Fourth of July holiday, a diverse group representing Maine’s lobstering, tourism, conservation, and education interests gathered to launch an awareness campaign about the 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
Campaign: Pollution Threatens Maine Lobsters
by Don Carrigan WCSH-6 TV news story PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Leaders of Maine’s lobster industry joined restaurant owners and scientists on Monday to warn that global climate change poses a threat to Maine’s lobster population. They say climate change is causing the water of the Gulf of Maine to become warmer, and that Read More
Groups Aim to Garner Support for Climate Change Initiatives Through Lobster
by Craig Lyons Portland Daily Sun news story A new soldier has been enlisted to fight climate change: the Maine lobster. An informational campaign that launched Tuesday is using Maine’s favorite crustaceans as the poster child to show the impact of excessive carbon emissions on the world’s oceans. The “Help Maine Lobsters Stay Cool” campaign Read More
