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2/28/08:
Governor Creates Working Group to Pursue Sustainable Fishery
Certification for Lobster Industry
AUGUSTA – Governor
John E. Baldacci today named an informal working group to pursue
certification of the Maine lobster industry as a sustainable fishery by
the national Marine Stewardship Council (MCS), an independent nonprofit
organization that promotes responsible fishing practices.
“The Maine lobster brand is known the world over for its quality and
high value,” Governor Baldacci said, “and we know that the lobster
resource is sustainable thanks to the efforts of Maine lobstermen.
Obtaining certification by the Marine Stewardship Council is an
essential step in protecting and enhancing our brand and making sure
that Maine lobsters can compete in markets around the world.”
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10/6/07:
What's Killing the Lobsters Of Long Island Sound? - washingtonpost.com
LONG ISLAND
SOUND, Conn. -- The trap buoys, orange and white, wink between the waves
in this murky estuary, beckoning with the promise of the sweetest of New
England's delights: lobster. As plentiful as sardines, they were. So
much so that generations of Connecticut lobstermen did bang-up business
trolling these waters for big and juicy jewels of the sea.
But not anymore. "Everyone thinks that lobsters only come from Maine,
but it isn't so -- we had tons of lobster right here," said Roger Frate
Jr., 38, yanking up one of dozens of mostly empty traps, salty and
pungent with algae from the depths of western Long Island Sound. "We had
great hauls. But now? These waters are a graveyard."
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3/23/07:
The Ellsworth American. - Lecture to Focus on Maine’s Fragile Coastal
Ecosystems
BLUE HILL — Robert
Steneck, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Maine, will
present “Booms, Busts and Sliding Baselines in Maine’s Fragile Coastal
Ecosystems” on Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at the Marine Environmental
Research Institute in Blue Hill.
Steneck will talk about how the decline of big predator fish and
subsequent rise of prey species has led to an ecological imbalance in
the Gulf of Maine that may one day become a true environmental crisis.
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3-2-1:
Lobstermen: no compromise on dragger bill
BELFAST - Politics
may be called the art of compromise but the state’s lobster fishermen
are hardly politicians and they’re not about to compromise when it comes
to a proposal that would open the lobster fishery to draggers.
About two dozen lobster fishermen gathered for a press briefing at
Young’s Lobster Pound Wednesday morning to reiterate their strong
opposition to proposed legislation that would allow offshore draggers to
harvest up to 500 lobsters a week.
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2/6/07
Bill would irreparably harm lobster industry
I am a full-time
lobsterman fishing out of Pine Point, Scarborough. Currently, the
lobster industry is a traditional trap fishery and lobstermen are only
allowed to land lobsters and crabs. There is a bill in the Legislature (L.D.
170) that would allow draggers and other non-trap gear to land lobsters
in Maine.
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9/4/06
Portsmouth Herald Local News: A rare catch
PORTSMOUTH --
Longtime fisherman Billy Marconi didn't hit the jackpot, but he sure
beat the odds this week when he caught what's believed to be a rare
albino lobster.
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8/25/06
For Lobster
Industry, a Wary Eye on Warming - August 22, 2006 - The New York Sun
Marine biologist
Diane Cowan heads up the Lobster Conservancy, and has studied juvenile
lobsters in Maine for fourteen years. (She's especially keen on donning
a dry suit in the middle of February, nipping into the frosty waters of
her home state, and counting the little guys hiding under rocks. She
says the water is clearer at that time of year.) Over about the same
period, the Maine lobster catch has grown to 67.3 million pounds in 2005
(valued at $311.6 million) from 28.1 million pounds in 1990 ($61.6
million).
The rapid rise has caused concerns about stock depletion. Astonishingly,
in that period Ms. Cowan has witnessed a four-fold increase in the
juvenile lobster population in her area. That sounds pretty good, but,
according to Ms. Cowan, the increase may only be temporary.
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8/4/06
On a Roll, for Lobster - New York Times free
registration required
SIGNS scream “Best
Lobster Roll in Maine” at lobster shacks and convenience stores all
along the Maine Coast. Stop to ask someone where to find the best, and
you will frequently get a definitive answer. It just won’t always be the
same one.
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8/1/06
Lobster: Ending the shell game
Maine lobster is a
big draw at Dixie Crossroads seafood restaurant on Florida's east coast.
"Our people seem to prefer the Maine lobster," Laurilee Thompson, an
owner of the restaurant, said Monday by telephone. "They definitely have
a distinctive taste. The Maine lobster is sweeter."
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7/6/06
Malfunction kills thousands of juvenile lobsters - Boston.com
STONINGTON, Maine --A
lobster hatchery has begun the process of raising more juvenile lobsters
to be released into the wild after thousands of the hatchery-raised
lobsters died this week when an air pump malfunctioned.
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5/27/06
Lobster tomalley should be eaten in moderation, agency says - Boston.com
TORONTO --Some folks
might be surprised that a warning is necessary, but Canada's health
agency is advising against eating too much lobster tomalley.
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5/26/06
Watch
those lobster tomalleys!
Sometimes the
news just makes me scratch my head in wonder.
Health Canada has advised citizens this week to limit their
consumption of lobster tomalley. That’s the icky green goo found inside
the lobster’s body cavity, and probably one of the most unappetizing
things you’d ever see on your dinner plate. Apparently adults should
limit their consumption of lobster tomalleys to no more than the amount
from two lobsters per day; for children the limit is no more than the
amount from one lobster per day. The feds say a toxin specific to
lobster and shellfish, known as paralytic shellfish poison, can
sometimes be found in these lovely green organs.
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6/19/06
Demise of
grocery-store lobsters renews animal welfare debate | csmonitor.com
ATLANTA
– Unceremoniously, Whole Foods Markets, the largest natural-foods chain
in the world, pulled its lobsters from their tanks last week and boiled
them all. For the influential grocer, it was the final lobster bake.
After an eight-month inquiry, Whole Foods decided that keeping live
lobsters in tanks for long periods does not jibe with its stated values
promoting the proper care and welfare of food animals.
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6/18/06
Maine group promotes health of lobster catch
The trade group that represents lobster fishermen
and dealers in Maine reacted Friday to news that the Whole Foods Market
Inc. natural foods grocery chain will stop selling live lobsters and
crabs, on the grounds that it's inhumane.
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4/18/06
Settlement reached in lawsuit tied to LI Sound lobster deaths -
Boston.com
FARMINGDALE,
N.Y. --A group of Long Island Sound lobstermen announced Tuesday they
have settled a lawsuit that claimed a pesticide used in 1999 to prevent
an outbreak of West Nile virus may have contributed to a devastating
die-off of the popular crustaceans in the waters that separate Long
Island and Connecticut.
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3/06
Lobstermen’s Measures Help Conserve Supply
Lincoln County
News: Part of the reason lobstering is still good on the Maine coast is
the lobstermen’s determination to maintain the population through
self-imposed measures besides a substantial decline in the cod fish
presence, according to long time South Bristol lobsterman Arnie Gamage.
He expounded that fact Saturday during a community read at Wiscasset
Public Library.
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3/28/06
VillageSoup - Sports & Outdoors News - VillageSoup
Report examines threat of 'Roving Bandits' to
local fisheries
ORONO (March 25): A recent study
published in the journal Science by UMaine researchers and others has
identified a growing threat to the health of local fisheries across
Maine and around the world: the so-called "roving bandits" of the seas.
[except lobster fishermen]
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3/22/06
World experts
present crustacean research
Commercial
fisherman and researcher Ted Ames of Stonington, Maine, gave the keynote
presentation, highlighting lobster fishermen’s success building a
hatchery. It will begin production in June of this year.
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3/19/06
Lively tale of life told through eyes of an old salt
Book Review
include description of growing up a fisherman.
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3/18/06
Fancy a hairy lobster - World - smh.com.au
I apologize for this
since it is not really a lobster, but I was curious...
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3/6/06
Fisheries to survey Maine lobstermen - Walter Griffin
ROCKPORT - Lobstermen
are notoriously close-mouthed about their financial situation, and
fisheries officials admit it will be a hard shell to crack to get them
to open up about their business dealings.
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3/5/06
Lobster fishermen haul in record value for '05 catch
BANGOR — The dollar
value of Maine's lobster catch set another record in 2005, climbing to
nearly $290 million thanks to another late-season surge and prices that
remained solid throughout the season. When all was said and done, the
2004 lobster catch grew from preliminary figures to a total of $285
million, and preliminary figures put the 2005 catch at $289.7 million,
according to the Maine Department of Marine Resources
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3/5/06
Fredericksburg.com - Essays are Sharp, thought-provoking
David Foster
Wallace's newest collection of essays, "Consider the Lobster," is smart
writing for those who are dismayed by our increasingly dumbed-down
public discourse. While it's certainly not light reading--Wallace will
casually throw out terms like "dysphemism" (the opposite of euphemism;
using a more offensive term rather than a less offensive one), it is
entertaining, sharp, and often amusing.
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3/4/06
Lobstermen warned Expect more controls - Bangornews.com Staff
ROCKPORT - Lobstermen
were told Friday to expect additional regulation by state and local
governments despite healthy lobster populations off Maine's coast and a
record-setting harvest last year.
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3/4/06
2005 lobster catch worth record $289 million
The dollar value of
reported lobster landings in Maine hit a record high in 2005 despite a
decrease in the reported amount of lobsters that were caught, according
to preliminary numbers released this week by the state Department of
Marine Resources.
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3/4/06
Newswise
Lobster Research Leads to Product in the Billion-dollar Pet Food Market
Research at the
Lobster Institute led to a commercialized product, possibly the first
dog biscuit made from lobster meal.
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2/4/06
Enforcement of old rule could hurt lobstermen - Boston.com
KITTERY,
Maine, --Renewed efforts to enforce a law requiring New Hampshire
lobstermen to have a Maine license before they can unload their boats in
Maine has at least one company worried.
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11/13/05
Lobster rebound rescues season
Lobster catches along
the Maine coast have surged over the last three weeks, easing fears of a
pending collapse of the lobster population.
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11/3/05
The News@Ellsworth American.com
Disappointing Lobster Landings Are Having Widespread Impact
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8/14/05
Outdoors
Don't confuse the
spiny lobster with the clawed Atlantic lobster, commonly called the
Maine lobster.
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8/14/05
Sonya Thomas sets new record at lobster-eating contest - Boston.com
KENNEBUNK, Maine --A week after she gorged
on bratwurst and grilled-cheese sandwiches,
one of the world's top competitive eaters
gobbled down 44 lobsters in 12 minutes
Saturday to set a new speed-eating record.
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8/11/05
18-pound lobster put on display at science center - Fosters
RYE — The huge claws
seemed to be the main curiosity as visitors stared at the Seacoast
Science Center's newest exhibit — an 18-pound lobster.
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8/3/05
Lobster molt delays catch prediction
A midsummer molting
season for lobsters off the coast of Maine so far has prevented
professionals in the industry from predicting how the yearly catch will
turn out
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6/19/05
Fishing village braces for sale of 'empire'
PHIPPSBURG —
Thousands of visitors race this time of year along Route 209, to Popham
Beach and the better known tourist destinations of Sebasco Estates and
Hermit Island. Few will find their way down the road leading to West
Point. Those who do venture into West Point will discover something
increasingly precious on Maine's southern coast - a historic, working
fishing village. Traps are stacked high on docks in early June. Fishing
boats bob at their moorings and workers are busy on the lobster wharf.
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6/19/05
Maine lobstermen guardedly optimistic about summer catch -
PORTLAND, Maine --A
sea of red tide is causing problems for clam diggers, but Maine's
lobstermen are guardedly optimistic about the upcoming season.
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6/17/05
Right Whale, Wrong Rule - Bangornews.com Staff
Proposed federal
rules to minimize the risk to right whales from fishing gear would
disproportionately harm Maine lobstermen. Protecting whales is
necessary, but it doesn't have to happen at the expense of a Maine
industry. Expediting research on new gear would better solve the
problem.
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6/14/05
Flexibility could save both whales and lobster fishery
One of the
difficulties fisheries regulators face is finding that often-elusive
middle ground where environmental concerns can be addressed and fishing
economies sustained.
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6/5/05
Book tries to straddle a bitter fishing divide
In her new book,
"Entanglements," she examines the effort to save the world's most
endangered whale, the right whale.
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6/02/05
A Lobster of a
Different Color
Calico crustacean
said among rarest
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5/11/05
Lobstermen Prompt Bill to Limit Pesticide Spraying
ELLSWORTH — A bill crafted at the urging of the Maine Lobstermen’s
Association could limit pesticide spraying to control the browntail moth
population.
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Town vs.
Taxpayers - Katherine Cassidy
Lobstermen at odds
with Cutler harbor masters
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4/28/05
WMTW.com
- News - Snowe Asks For Money To Study Lobster Shell Disease
PORTLAND, Maine -- A
bipartisan group of New England lawmakers is asking for $3 million to
study a shell disease that has led to declining lobster populations in
Maine and elsewhere in the region.
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4/24/05
Lobsters stolen in Hancock County - Bill Trotter
A recent string of
live-lobster thefts in Hancock County has investigators searching for
nighttime thieves who, knowing they were being videotaped, wore ski
masks and large hoods when they
hit up three lobster wharves for more than $20,000 worth of shellfish.
Two people have been recorded on security cameras paddling small boats
in the dark of night up to Thurston's Lobster Pound in the Tremont
village of Bernard and up to the Cranberry Isles Fishermen's Co-op on
Little Cranberry Island, Sgt. John Williams of Maine Marine Patrol said
Friday. At each dock, they wore gloves and ski masks or large hoods over
their bowed heads as they loaded four or five crates of lobster onto a
purloined vessel and then rowed quietly away.
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4/20/05
The News@Ellsworth American.com Legislators Propose Hide But No Hair
... While a request
for proposals was sent out to the scientific community to conduct some
research into the effects of hide bait, Maine lobster biologist Carl ...
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4/18/05
Magic
City Morning Star Protecting Maine’s Waterways Susan Collins
From Pickerel Pond to
Lake Auburn, from Sebago Lake to Bryant Pond, lakes and ponds in Maine
are under attack. Aquatic invasive species threaten Maine’s drinking
water systems, recreation, wildlife habitat, lakefront real estate, and
fisheries. Plants, such as Variable Leaf Milfoil, are crowding out
native species. Invasive Asian shore crabs are taking over Southern New
England’s tidal pools and have advanced well into Maine -- to the
potential detriment of our state’s lobster and clam industries.
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4/9/05
Weekend Standard - The Cutting Edge ... Maine course
Note: Great article
about the lobster dinner you can get in Kowloon for 560 HK (or $71.86)
at the Bostonian
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4/5/05
Fishing, whale safety weighed - Misty Edgecomb
ELLSWORTH - Sinking
rope, breakaway lines and seasonal restrictions on fishing are all being
considered in a federal plan for protecting whales - particularly
federally endangered right whales - off Maine's coast. Local lobstermen
Monday packed a meeting room at the Holiday Inn to express their
frustration with the proposals, new requirements that fishing
organizations have predicted could cost New England's industry millions
annually.
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4/4/05
The state may be facing a lobster shortage, unless it isn't
Mother Nature can be
a cruel parent, first lulling us into contented feelings about our lot
in life, then abruptly punishing us for the sin of happiness.
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4/9/05
Already hurting R.I. lobsters, shell disease threatens Maine
WASHINGTON -- Rhode
Island lobsterman Michael Marchetti has been finding something wrong
with the lobsters in his traps since 1998: Many of them have mysterious,
ugly scars etched on their shells.
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New Whale Protection Rules Up for a Hearing in Ellsworth
ELLSWORTH — National Marine Fisheries Service personnel will be hauling
into town Monday evening to gather reaction to a slate of six
alternatives for changes to the Large Whale Take Reduction Plan.
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03/27/05
Environmental Journal by Peter Lord Fisheries agency seeks comments
on new whale rules
During the last year,
17 whales, including 6 highly endangered North Atlantic right whales,
became entangled in fishing gear along the East Coast. About 72 percent
of the 300 or so right whales in existence bear scars from
entanglements.
Now, the National Marine Fisheries Service has concluded several years
of studies by proposing modifications to the gear fishermen use
offshore.
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3/19/05
Local lobstermen get warning from Long Island Sound
ROCKPORT (March 19,
2005): After running a veritable gauntlet of frightening facts and
daunting data sets, Maine fishermen and researchers came away from the
Fishermen's Forum Lobster Health Symposium March 5 with a wealth of new
information and some sobering facts regarding what not to do in Maine.
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3/11/05
Changing Lobster Line - Bangornews.com Staff
Federal fisheries
regulators have proposed new rules requiring changes in fishing gear to
reduce the chances that endangered right whales will get entangled. The
gear changes will likely cost Maine lobstermen millions of dollars. Sen.
Olympia Snowe has already proposed a buy-back program to reduce the
burden on lobstermen and University of Maine researchers are already
looking for ways to use the discarded fishing line. These actions will
help Maine lobstermen weather a necessary change.
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Community-based Initiatives Making Strides
ROCKPORT — Shoreline access and resource preservation are among the
priorities of a growing number of community-based fisheries management
efforts under way throughout Downeast Maine.
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3/7/05
Race
on to understand lobster diseases - Misty Edgecomb
ROCKPORT - Maine's
lobsters thus far have dodged the disease outbreaks that have decimated
the Long Island Sound fishery and diminished harvests in Massachusetts
Bay in recent years. But the "perfect storm" of symptoms that struck to
our south could pose risks to the Gulf of Maine's multimillion-dollar
industry unless they are better understood, a panel of researchers told
fishermen at a daylong lobster health symposium at the annual
Fisherman's Forum on Saturday.
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3/7/05
Bubba the Leviathan Lobster Dies at Zoo
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3/4/05
Forum debates fisheries future, airs animosities, collective hopes
ROCKPORT - The future
of Maine fisheries will depend as much on community as biology, said
fishermen, politicians and environmentalists, as they debated the
industry's fate over the next three decades, during Friday's opening day
of the 30th annual Fishermen's Forum. As fish populations have declined,
debates over the right to fish have brought a decade of acrimony to this
industry.
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3/3/05
Hard lessons learned in Long Island Sound: Fisherman's Forum to detail
lobsters' health
ROCKPORT (March 4,
2005): Lobsters don't call in sick. They don't cough, limp, sneeze,
wheeze, retch, ralph or complain of a tummy ache. They simply knuckle
down and take whatever comes their way, quietly going about their
lobster business even when they are sick, injured, poisoned or forced
from their homes.
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2/23/05
The News@Ellsworth American.com
ELLSWORTH — Preliminary figures are in for the 2004 Maine lobster catch,
and at first glance they look remarkably good for a year that was a bit
of a roller coaster ride for fishermen. In short, the recorded catch was
63.1 million pounds; up from 55 million pounds in 2003 and just shy of
the record 63.6 million pounds landed in 2002.
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2/19/05
Shell disease rare in Maine, so far
A shell disease that
is plaguing the lobster population off Rhode Island is still only rarely
seen in lobsters trapped along the Maine coast, officials say.
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2/18/05
Local - R.I. - Lobster shell disease spreading, but cause remains
elusive
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. --
More lobsters are contracting shell disease, and the problem has spread
from southern New England waters all the way to Maine, scientists said
Wednesday at a symposium analyzing a phenomenon that has mysteriously
afflicted the industry in recent years.
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2/3/05
Midcoast lobstermen object to dumping plan
ROCKLAND, Maine —
Midcoast lobstermen are objecting to a plan to use Penobscot Bay as a
dumping ground for 700 cubic yards of dredged materials from Portland
Harbor.
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2/2/05
Diversity in Fishing - Bangornews.com Staff
Although the demise
of the state's lobster industry has been predicted for years, only to be
met with years of record catches, a recent study by fisheries
researchers provides reason for concern. University of Maine marine
scientists found that fishing that targets specific species, especially
those high up on the food chain, can rapidly alter ecosystems, often
with dire consequences. It also puts fishermen at risk if a disease or
pollution imperils the species they are targeting.
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2/2/05
Scientists Keep Wary Eye On Lobster Shell Disease
ELLSWORTH — The specter of lobster shell disease has loomed large over
Maine’s lobster fishery for the past two years. The quick spread of the
shell-destroying ailment in southern New England since the late 1990s
has been one more source of worry for Maine’s lobstermen.
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2/2/05
Lincoln County News Working Waterfront Tax Break Amendment Hangs on
Senate Vote
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2/1/05
Maine has role in climate change fix
The Maine Department
of Environmental Protection's "A Climate Action Plan for Maine 2004"
shows what the state can do to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and thus
reduce Maine's contribution to global climate change/global warming.
The ocean temperature
off of Boston (1997-2002) was more than 2 degrees warmer than the
historical average. Between 1999 and 2002 lobster hauls in New York fell
75 percent due to disease, and moving to the cooler north the loss of
catch is less: Connecticut lost 59 percent, Rhode Island 53 percent,
Massachusetts 14 percent and New Hampshire 3 percent. It is feared that
the disease will soon strike Maine's most important fishery.
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1/30/05
Maine firm aims to recycle lobster line
A Maine company is
searching for ways to recycle the thousands of miles of floating lobster
line that lobstermen may eventually have to scrap to make their gear
more whale-friendly.
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1/26/05
Week in review
After 4,500 years of
cod dominating the Gulf of Maine, fishing pressures have triggered two
major reorganizations of its ecosystem in the last four decades,
according to University of Maine research.
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1/18/05
The News@Ellsworth American.com
Winter Harbor Sells Off Its Navy
Housing
Winter Harbor is one transaction shy of selling all of the 20 homes, 14
duplexes and 32 apartments left vacant when the U.S. Navy left town in
June 2002. Only one duplex unit remains unsold.
“That didn’t work out because this is set up with a housing association
that includes restrictions and covenants,” Heidinger said. “They include
things like you can’t have snowmobiles, four-wheelers, lobster traps or
tulip tires in your yard, and most young people aren’t willing to put up
with restrictions on how they can use their property.
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1/18/05
The News@Ellsworth American.com
New Whale Rules Pending
ELLSWORTH — Twenty four endangered northern right whales in the Gulf of
Maine led the National Marine Fisheries Service last week to reactivate
a so-called Dynamic Area Management (DAM) zone, limiting fishing
activity in 1,889 square miles off the Downeast coast.
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1/17/05
Report
says overfishing has changed Gulf of Maine ecosystems
PORTLAND, Maine — After 4,500 years of cod dominating the Gulf of Maine,
fishing pressures have triggered two major reorganizations of its
ecosystem in the last four decades, according to University of
Maine research.
Whereas fishermen used to target different species throughout the year
and not rely entirely on any one of them, most now fish only for
lobsters and have few alternatives. It is of "tremendous concern to the
entire coast," he said.
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11/26/04
Lobster industry left in the cold
Unseasonably cool
weather this year, combined with unfavorable wind patterns and the
re-emergence of natural lobster predators in Cape Cod Bay, may have
resulted in a ho-hum lobster season, lobstermen say.
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11/18/04
Recent Strong Catch Tempered By High Bait and Fuel Prices
ELLSWORTH — Lobster is still the biggest money maker of Maine’s coastal
fisheries, but that fact has been little consolation for lobstermen
buffeted by high bait and fuel prices and uncertain catch rates this
year.
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11/11/04
Commercial Dragger Fishes for State Data
How this dragger
counts lobsters and other species.
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11/10/04
The long
haul struggles of a lobster town csmonitor.com
The popular
crustacean has become even more dominant in the past 15 years, as the
number of lobster catches has tripled in Maine's coastal waters. Since
then, the notion of an ancient trade of hard-bitten men has given way to
a thriving industry that's brought windfalls to the lobster crew.
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10/26/04
Fishermen help thwart lobster thefts
Local fishermen
helped thwart the theft of thousands of dollars in live lobsters from
two Harpswell businesses over the weekend.
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10/19/04
Marine Scientist Charles O'Kelly Speaks On Lobster Health to Caf
In 1999, the
lobster industry of western Long Island Sound suffered a devastating
blow.
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10/5/04
Castine Store on a Roll -Lobster Sandwich Earns Title As Maine's
Favorite
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10/5/04
West
Nile Spraying Did Not Kill Lobsters (same event as above)
((STONY BROOK,
Long Island) STONY BROOK, N.Y. Researchers have concluded that
pesticides used to prevent the spread of the West Nile virus were not a
major factor in the 1999 lobster die-off in Long Island Sound.
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9/04
Salon.com Books Kinky sex secrets of the lobster
They're stupid,
hyper-aggressive, and they turn each other on by urinating out of
bladders in their heads. And David Foster Wallace got everything about
them wrong.
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9/22/04
Activists and fishermen begin whale action
A collaboration
between an animal welfare group and fishermen in Massachusetts, launched
this week, aims to reduce the threat posed out-dated fishing gear to the
endangered North Atlantic right whale, in a pilot scheme that could be
replicated worldwide if it proves successful.
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9/21/04
Boston.com - News - Local - Mass. - Gearing up to save whales,
livelihood
The endangered
North Atlantic right whale has virtually no natural enemies, but for 100
years it has found a foe in fishing lines. Nearly three-quarters of
these leviathans have scars from getting tangled in fishing gear, and
some have died from their wounds.
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Brothers sentenced in lobster theftsbrPair stole nearly $45,000 worth of
shellfish from dealers in 2 counties
ELLSWORTH - Two
brothers accused of helping to steal nearly $45,000 worth of lobster
from seven dealers in two counties were sentenced Wednesday in Hancock
County Superior Court. Christopher Poore and William Tozier, in separate
proceedings, each partially blamed the other for their troubles when
they appeared before Justice William Brodrick.
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8/10/04
Lobster boat rescues man overboard but tied to his sailboat
PHIPPSBURG — A
South Portland man was rescued by a lobster boat Friday after he fell
overboard while sailing off West Point, according to the Maine Marine
Patrol. Arnie Hoffman, 57, of South Portland left Sebasco Harbor Resort
at 8 a.m. in his 30-foot sailboat and headed east. Sailing alone, he was
moving toward the stern of his boat when the boom swung around and hit
him on the head, leaving a gash, said Sgt. Jonathan Cornish of the Maine
Marine Patrol.
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08/1/04
The Connection.org The Secret Life of Lobsters
If you're a female
lobster and you go fanning your swimmerets in the direction of a male,
then you'd better mean it. Because before you know it, he'll have you
carrying his kids.
And if you're the dominant decapod, take notice: When you shed that hard
body, watch your back. Because sooner or later, everything with a claw
will be vying to take you out.
It's tough going at the bottom of the ocean. And as the writer Trevor
Corson discovered, there's plenty more to know about summer's favorite
crustacean than how to cook it.
Note: This is an
audio you listen to on your computer.
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7/27/04
Special Maine lobster plate comes in second in national contest
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky´s highly unpopular license plate featuring a
smiling, rising sun has outshined the competition in a national contest.
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6/30/04
Atlantic Unbound Interviews 2004.06.30
Americans have been feasting on lobsters for
centuries. When the Pilgrims first landed on Plymouth Rock, lobsters
were in such abundance on the New England coast that storms often washed
hundreds of the creatures onto the beach. Farmers took advantage of the
lobster surplus, using excess crustaceans as feed for livestock and
fertilizer for their fields. At the time, the ready availability of
lobsters rendered them a low-class meal for the poor and unrefined
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6/25/04
The News@Ellsworth American.com
New Exhibit Features
Lobster Art
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6/25/04
BBC NEWS UK England Tyne-Wear Giant lobster's good use of time
A
giant lobster thought to be more than 30 years old has been found
standing guard over a barnacle-encrusted watch off the Northumberland
coast.
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6/3/04
Boston.com - News - Local - Mass. - Lessons of a lobster shift
For two years, Trevor
Corson lived lobsters. He woke before dawn and worked long days on a
lobster boat off the Maine coast. He went to sea with lobster ecologists
who studied the tasty crustaceans using submarines and robot lobsters.
He pored over hundreds of pages from government reports about lobster
population changes. And, yeah, he ate a few, too.
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6/3/04
Lobsters have the state of Maine in a pinch csmonitor.com
book review,
interesting
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5/26/04
'Shell burn' puzzles lobstermen
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5/6/04
projo.com
Providence, R.I. AP's The Wire
Marine scientists identify 5,000
lobster genes
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4/8/04
The
Minnesota Daily Lobster divers risk lives, ecosystems
According to a recent National Public
Radio report, one-fifth of the United States’ lobster supply comes from
Nicaragua, much from the country’s Mosquito Coast. The towns depend on
lobster fishing for their residents’ livelihoods, but that dependence is
causing safety and ecology issues.
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3/25
The News@Ellsworth American.com
State Considers
Licenses for Non-residents
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3/25
WTNH.com - Lobstermen feeling the pinch after lobster kill
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3/7
Lobster disease spreading up coast
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4/8/04
Nicaraguans Risk Death Diving for Vanishing Lobsters
The $40 million-dollar-a-year lobster
industry in Nicaragua is second only to coffee and approximately 90
percent of the catch is exported to U.S. and Canadian restaurants and
supermarkets. To meet the huge demand men dive as deep as 130 feet,
searching the ocean floor until they've sucked the last breath of air
from their tanks. Then often, in a panicked dash, they shoot to the
surface.
Note: Obviously these are not Maine Lobsters, but I
wonder if the Americans eating know that.
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Hercules, a mere mortal
Hercules, the 14-pound lobster rescued by schoolchildren in Port
Angeles, Wash., and shipped home to Maine, was found dead in his crate
Friday morning. Scientists estimate he was about 30.
[Note: Good article with extra
information, i.e. Do you know lobsters vomit when they are shipped?]
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2/9:
Pressure grows on Canadian officials to protect Maritime lobster
FREDERICTON, New
Brunswick — Pressure is growing on Canada's federal Fisheries Department
to take steps to preserve one of the great icons of maritime life and a
cornerstone of the region's economy _ the lobster.
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1/10
BBC NEWS UK England Hampshire-Dorset Fishermen land giant lobster
fun article. Has a
picture of a British lobster
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1/1 East End News (R.I.)
Lobster
decision local worries fishermen
Discussion of ways
to limit lobster catch in R.I.
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Press Herald 12/30/03:
Have lobster, will travel
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Press Herald 12/7/03:
Strong lobstering streak persists