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PublishedNovember 16, 2022
Maine lobsters to lose another sustainability label over threat to whales
The Maine lobster catch has carried the Marine Stewardship Council's blue-and-white 'eco-label' for years, but a legal case will result in the certification being suspended.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2022
Maine lobstering group backs new speed limit on ships to protect whales
The Maine Lobstermen's Association says the first such restriction in over a decade illustrates how little shipping has been regulated compared to the lobster industry.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2022
Court agrees to fast-track Maine lobstering group’s appeal of whale rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia agrees to expedite the Maine Lobstermen's Association's appeal of a National Marine Fisheries Service decision regarding right whale protections.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2022
Mainers say new lobster regulations could kill the industry
Roughly 200 people, including Gov. Mills and most of Maine's congressional delegation, attended a hearing in Portland to tell federal officials that proposed new regulations would do little to protect endangered right whales.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2022
Maine politicians scramble to show support for lobster industry
Long seen as emblematic of Maine's hardworking ethos, lobstering holds an outsized influence on the state's electorate and politicians from both parties want to show voters that they are on board.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2022
Federal judge rejects bid to block new lobstering rules
U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg turned down a bid by lobstermen's groups and the state to halt the new federal rules designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2022
Red’s Eats steps into fray between lobstermen, feds with ‘pay it forward’ benefit
Voted best lobster roll in New England by boston.com, Red's Eats will donate a free dinner for two to those who give a sizable donation to the fall Save the Lobstermen fundraiser.
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PublishedAugust 25, 2022
Lobster union drops lawsuit challenge to seasonal closure rule
Maine lobstermen are waiting to see what federal officials propose, after a judge ordered regulators to create a new set of rules to protect endangered right whales.
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PublishedAugust 24, 2022
State shutting down commercial menhaden season
The fish, also known as pogy, has become popular bait for the lobster fishery after the herring fishery collapsed.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2022
NOAA lays out plans for expanded testing of ropeless fishing technology
Federal regulators prepare for widespread adoption of the gear in an effort to protect endangered right whales.
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