lobster harvesting

A lobsterman uses a gauge to measure a freshly caught lobster, which turned out to be just under the legal size to keep, on Friday, June 17, 2011 off Three Islands, Maine.

Business and Economy

Regulators delay lobster size limits for six months

Peter McGuire

The changes are intended to boost lobster stocks but have been opposed by parts of the Maine industry.

Business and Economy

Fishermen call for a delay to upcoming lobster size rules

Nicole Ogrysko

Their concerns were echoed by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's second congressional district. Fishery regulators have said gauge changes are necessary after observing what they perceived as a troubling decline in the juvenile lobster population over a three-year period.

Preliminary data from the Maine Department of Marine Resources shows lobster fishermen landed fewer pounds in 2023, but the value of the haul saw a $72 million increase over the previous year.

Business and Economy

Maine lobster harvest sees $72 million rebound in 2023, even as landings decline

Nicole Ogrysko

By volume, fishermen harvested nearly 94 million pounds of lobster in 2023, the lowest in 15 years.

In this July 29, 2014 file photo, Brandon Demmons sends a lobster trap overboard at dawn off of Monhegan Island, Maine. A group of scientists led by Andrew Thomas of the University of Maine says the warming of the Gulf of Maine has added up to 66 days of summer-like temperatures to the body of water.

Environment and Outdoors

Mills, delegation urge feds to remove lobster fishing grounds from offshore wind consideration

Nicole Ogrysko

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is soliciting feedback on some 9.8 million acres to site potential commercial projects in the Gulf of Maine. The state's congressional delegation, as well as Gov. Janet Mills, are looking for assurances that prime lobster fishing grounds will be removed from consideration as a possible site.

Maine

Maine Lobsterman Faces Suspension for Illegal Use of Traps

Associated Press

STONINGTON, Maine - A Maine lobsterman faces possible fines and a license suspension after state authorities charged him with lobster harvesting…