March 11 – March 25

• Regulators say new whale-protection rules for Maine’s lobster fleet are on the horizon

March 24

• $30 million relief fund for lobstermen gets initial nod in Maine House
• Maine island shop delivers a lobster boat with a new rubber deck

March 23

• Lobstermen’s group stresses connection to Maine tourism as new regulations approach
• Maine lobster traps tell cultural story
• Rep. asks for more lobstermen on panel
• Abandoned lobster traps in Long Island Sound to be removed
• New research finds plankton may have unexpected resilience to warming ocean waters
• Maine lobstering industry continues fight against whale protection regulations

March 22

• Support Local Industry With a Full Stomach During Maine’s ‘Split the Seafood Bill Week’
• HOLD THE DATE: Lobster Zone F Council Meeting to be Held Friday, April 1, 2022

March 19

• Lobsters may be listed as red or avoid
• Proposed mussel farm expansion in Frenchman Bay draws opposition

March 18 

• Maine lobster industry fights lawsuit that aims to shut down fishery

March 17 

• Weak lobstering gear recalled as new regulations approach
• Lobster fishery, coming off a record year, faces challenges ahead

March 16

• Metabolic plasticity improves lobster’s resilience to ocean warming but not to climate-driven novel species interactions
• Lobster prices on the rise
• Meet Nikki Strout of Rugged Seas
• N.S. fisherman returns to Ukraine to provide aid and transportation to refugees

March 14

• Maine-Russia trade was recovering from the pandemic until the Ukraine invasion

March 13

• The Gulf of Maine has the most marine mammal diversity on the east coast, study finds

March 12

• Lobster industry gets funds to help comply with whale rules 

March 11

• Federal windfall won’t put a stop to state lobster industry relief bills
• ‘Squat lobster’ photobombs Shackleton’s Endurance ship
• Q&A with The Whitby Hatchery and The National Lobster Hatchery