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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Regulators must examine wind power’s potential damage to fisheries
Foreign green energy companies are on the verge of industrializing our ocean with thousands of wind turbines, sealing fisheries and harming lobster stocks.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Fishermen question the data behind offshore wind siting process
Fishermen at a meeting with federal officials Monday trashed the maps used to show areas that are lightly fished, saying they are relying on old data.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine may pay lobster fishers to test new gear as whale protection rules loom
A bill would create a ‘lobster innovation fund’ to pay lobster fishing license holders to test new fishing technologies.
Posted inTimes Record
‘Enough is enough’: Midcoast lobsterman decries regulations to protect whales
The Maine lobster industry is fighting an Arizona lawmaker’s bill that would impose stricter regulations to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Posted inTimes Record
‘Everyone needs to eat more lobster’: Red’s Eats opens for 85th season
Red’s Eats lobster shack in Wiscasset is holding a fundraiser for the Maine lobster industry this summer in hopes of countering federal regulations.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine lawmakers consider bill to keep funding lobster legal defense
As the industry battles federal right-whale regulations, L.D. 710 calls for allocating 20% of the fishery’s license surcharges – about $380,000 a year – to the legal defense fund through 2030.
Posted inFood
Why don’t we farm lobster?
Many have tried over time, but most believe that Maine’s management of the fishery is the most economical method for getting it to market.
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Regulators invite comments on plan to increase legal size of lobsters
Recent surveys that show declining levels of young lobsters are a concern for the future of the fishery, and the rules aim at maintaining a breeding population.
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What do Mainers say when it comes to the ethics of eating lobster? Pass the butter
Whether the fishery is harming the endangered right whale is a matter of vehement debate, but local chefs, restaurateurs, fishmongers and ordinary people are still cracking into Maine’s iconic crustacean.