lobsterman

Last week, a group of Maine lobstermen worked out a plan for how they would respond to an aggregation of endangered North Atlantic right whales in federal waters. In January 2025, an unusually large number of whales surprised fishermen and scientists when they showed up in a part of the southern Gulf of Maine known as Jeffrey's Ledge.

A federal appeals court has upheld the Maine Department of Marine Resource's right to continue monitoring the movements of federally permitted lobster boats using electronic vessel tracking devices.

The New England Fishermen's Stewardship Association has drawn over $1.1 million from a group connected to Leonard Leo, an influential conservative activist. Now it's setting out to raise money from the coastal communities it says it's helping.

The new rules create a new cost — in time and money — for lobstermen who fish in both federal and state waters that lie closer to shore, where a different requirement for purple marking already went into effect this summer.

Maine Public TV Air Times:Thur., October 25 at 10:30 pmSat., October 27 at 11:30 amThis short documentary offers a rare insider's glimpse into the world…