February 25 – March 11

• Offshore wind is set to soar. Fishing groups want to pump the brakes.

March 10

• Maine lobster industry to receive $17 million in aid from federal government
• Video Shows Fisherman Catch Giant, 100-year-old Lobster, Throws It Back Into Ocean

March 9

• Collins, Golden introduce bill to help lobster industry afford new gear
• How Maine’s lobster fleet could become more sustainable
• Fisherman from Ukraine now living in Meteghan returning home to help family

March 8

• Maine pols call for grant program to help with lobster rules
• Lobster Is So Expensive Right Now That Restaurants Are Taking It Off Menus
• Lawmakers propose grant to help lobster industry navigate whale protections
• ‘Alarm bells’ ring in N.S. lobster fishery after DFO move involving baby eels
• Local right whale advocates say they feel sidelined by the powerful Maine lobster industry

March 7

• 100 lobstermen sign petition to quash proposed salmon farm in Frenchman Bay
• HOLD THE DATE(S): Lobster Zone Council Meetings

March 6

• DoE (Cayman Islands) reminds public that lobster season is now closed
• Maine seafood harvesters are taking on an unexpected new hobby
• Along the Gulf of Maine, lawsuits over North Atlantic right whale regulations coming to boil.

March 4

• Situation Red Alert issued to recover live rock lobster after mass red tide walkout
• Maine mulling legal defense fund for lobster industry

March 2

• The Live Market: Maine’s lobster industry is at a turning point for value — and changes
• Baby lobster numbers low off New England as waters warm
• Feds institute ’emergency’ lobster closure to protect right whales

March 1

• Canadian lobster exports have biggest year ever, topping $3.2B last year
• Plastic-free lobster pot created in country town’s back shed a first in Victorian environmental fight

February 27

• Regulators delay action on trackers for lobster boats
• Plastic-free lobster pot created in country town’s back shed a first in Victorian environmental fight

February 26

• Lobster fishing season (Muscat, Oman) to begin on March 1

February 25

• Maine seafood industry expects indirect hit from Russian invasion
• Maine eyes new controls for key bait fishing industry