Lobster Institute

Lobsters in the News February 22 – March 8

March 8

• Climate change risk low to moderate for billion-dollar Nova Scotia lobster fishery, study says, by Paul Withers, CBC News
• Landings, Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance Newsletter, March 2024

March 7

• Alex Michaud Receives Maine Lobstermen’s Association Officer of the Year Award, Maine Department of Natural Resources
• National Lobster Hatchery Nominated For Cornish Family Attraction Award, Cornish Stuff
• Lobster food truck made famous on ‘Shark Tank’ to roam Cleveland full-time by Alex Darus, cleveland.com

March 6

• Lobster boats get makeover on Maine’s Westport Island, by Michael Crowley, National Fisherman
• Lobster prices at the wharf hit $18 a pound in Nova Scotia, by Paul Withers, CBC News

March 5

• Seafood Expo North America – 2024 Expo, by Brenna Hensley, Supply & Trade
• Large southern rock lobsters from Beachport fetch up to $500 each as SA fisher celebrates catch, by Elsie Adamo and Eugene Boisvert, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Abalone disease control measures posing a threat to SA’s southern rock lobster industry, by Selina Green, Elsie Adamo and Sam Bradbrook
• Santa Barbara Commercial Lobster Fisherman Convicted for Abandoning Traps, California Department of Fish and Wildlife

March 4

• Maine Lobster Boat Races 2024 schedule, by Carli Stewart, National Fisherman
• Sewage and seismic activity ruled out in inquiry into thousands of crab and lobster deaths in North Sea, by Tom Wilkinson, Yahoo News Canada
• Maine unveils plan to build its seafood economy, by Rachel Sapin, IntraFish

March 2

• Lobster tagged in New Brunswick caught over 250 kilometres away in Maine, by Alexandre Silberman, CBC News
• Maine Lobster Festival 2024, by Olha Savych, Rove
• Quintana Roo lobster fishermen report one of best seasons, Riviera Maya News
• A glimpse at some of the 100 new deep sea species discovered off the coast of Chile, by John Yang, Harry Zahn and Andrew Corkery, PBS

March 1

• Maine Lobster Harvest Down 5% Amid Warming Ocean, Right Whale Regulations, by Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes
• Value of Maine lobster fishery rebounds in 2023 despite smallest catch in 15 years, by Kay Neufeld, Portland Press Herald
• Say No to Lobster until June 30th: The Annual Ban Is in Full Effect, Casa de Campo Living

February 29

• Lobster community address increase to lobster size limits, by Carli Stewart, National Fisherman
• Floating offshore wind experts say they want to coexist with Maine lobstermen, but lobstermen say no thanks, by Susan Cover, Spectrum Local News

February 28

• Female-run fishing businesses are keeping the industry alive in Gloucester, Mass., WCVB5 News
• Maine DMR commissioner casts doubt on whether dead right whale was entangled in Maine state waters, by Donovan Lynch, News Center Maine
• OSU Leads Effort To Expand Ocean Oxygen Monitoring Sensor Use In Fishing Industry, by Michelle Kalmpe, The Corvallis Advocate
• VIDEO: Fishing restrictions implemented after abalone disease detected, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Canada Boosts Fisheries, Aquaculture Sustainability with $3.5M in Clean Tech Grants, BNN Breaking

February 27

• From Wood to Wire: Brooks Trap Mill’s Lobster Legacy, by Paul Molyneaux, National Fisherman
• Maine’s lobster fishermen struggle with efforts to save right whales, by Chris Conte, 23ABC News Bakersfield
• High lobster prices could be a sign of things to come for P.E.I.’s spring fishery, by Stephen Brun, CBC News
• Scarborough’s Cod & Lobster Bids Temporary Farewell Amidst Harbour Turmoil, by Ayessha Mumtaz, BNN Breaking

February 26

• Maine nonprofit at the forefront, repairing coastal communities in time for fishing season, by Anne Baldridge, News Center Maine
• Nova Scotia seafood sector far exceeds targets set a decade ago, by Paul Withers, CBC News
• Maine Shaken by High-Stakes Offshore Wind Port Choice, by Carli Stewart, National Fisherman
• Pacific Marine Expo Spotlight: Blue Skies Drones impact commercial fishing from sky to sea, by Carli Stewart, National Fisherman
• Un-Australian Act at Sea: Geraldton Fisherman Fined and Banned for Stealing Rock Lobsters, BNN Breaking
• UPDATE: Commercial lobstering ban to begin March 5, by Sean Horgan, Gloucester Daily Times, Mass.

February 23

• ‘Mind-blowing’ deep sea expedition uncovers more than 100 never-before-seen species and a huge underwater mountain off the coast of Chile, by Shivali Best, Daily Mail
• Maine fishing businesses struggling to recover a month after January storms, by Kaitlyn Budion, Maine Public
• Startup fights Florida’s proposed ban on cultured seafood, The Fish Site