American seafood exporters are optimistic that a new trade deal with China will allow them to claw back into one of the world's biggest markets for lobster, but help might not have arrived in time for the biggest day on the calendar. Read More
President Donald Trump signed a trade agreement Wednesday with China that is expected to boost exports from U.S. farmers and manufacturers and is aimed at lowering tensions in a long-running dispute between the economic powers. Read More
Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, said that initial reports show a harvest of about 100 million pounds of lobster. Read More
Commissioner Patrick Keliher said the state's plan is a better option than what might be proposed by the federal government or the courts. Read More
Big changes could be in store for a quiet, lobster-fishing community in Washington County if a European firm ends up building a $110 million land-based fish farm on a largely undeveloped property overlooking Chandler Bay. Read More
The owner of the boat was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Read More
The funds will likely be used to acquire breakaway trap-rope or remote-controlled “ropeless” technology that could reduce the chance of injuring or killing North Atlantic right whales. Read More
The U.S. government will boost efforts to help reduce risk to an endangered species of whale by providing assistance with new rules to fishermen. Read More
A specific "whale-friendly" or even "whale-safe" brand would likely apply to lobster harvested from traps with weak, breakaway rope or remote-controlled "ropeless" gear systems. Read More
For a 48-year-old lobsterman, Jeremy Tyler considers himself lucky. But given that the lobster industry appears headed for decline, and concerns about proposed regulations to protect right whales, Tyler wonders whether lobstering is a healthy business to remain in. Read More
The decline will mean a catch that's millions of pounds smaller, but still big enough to support a robust fishery and supply hungry seafood lovers with lobster. Read More
A couple of fishermen did signal a willingness to give the state proposal a try, but frustration seemed the prevailing response Monday night. Read More
"This is not safe. You're thinking about [the] right whale, you're not thinking about us," Vinalhaven lobsterman Frank Thompson told Maine Commissioner of Marine Resources Patrick Keliher. Read More
Calling a state proposal to reduce the amount of rope lobstermen use "a line in the sand," Maine's top fisheries official said Monday that he hoped the state plan generates data that absolves Maine's lobster fishery from blame in right whale deaths. Read More
The first is scheduled for Monday in Ellsworth, and it'll be followed by meetings Tuesday in Waldoboro and Wednesday in South Portland. Read More
October was a challenging month for Maine’s lobster industry. Read More
Lobstermen would have to attach more traps to each fishing line they set a few miles or more offshore as part of a plan the state is proposing to reduce the amount of fishing line in the water and protect endangered right whales from entanglement. Read More
Maine's lobster catch is well behind last year's pace, with only weeks left in the season. Read More
