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With major issues facing Maine’s lobster industry, Your membership matters more than ever. Join or renew today. New members only $200.
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“For the past 62 years the Maine Lobstermen’s Association has advocated for lobstermen from all parts of the Maine coast. Its longevity is due to the men and women who make up its membership. Staying strong and relevant means successfully drawing new members into the association year after year..”
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Current News
Berried Lobster Tagging Project in Grand Manan
Help us track berried lobsters! GMWSRS (Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station) is conducting a berried lobster tagging project that will be carried out this fall/winter in LFA 38. Click here to read more and to get log sheets!
It’s time to Sign up for the Boston Seafood Show!
On Monday March 16th the MLA is heading south to Boston attend the Seafood Expo North America, better known as the Boston Seafood Show. Join us on this memorable and information free trip! Register and Find out more here.
Stand Up for Maine Lobstermen
Check out this website and several videos explaining the Maine lobster industry’s long history of sustainability practices and its ongoing commitment to right whale protections.
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The facts about Right Whales and lobstermen cooperation
One of the biggest issues facing the industry is the plight of the North Atlantic right whale. The MLA has been working on this issue since 1997 with the formation of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team. Over the past 20 years, Maine lobstermen have implemented many measures to protect whales, however threats to make major, unreasonable changes to our way of fishing remain serious. Read More
Lifejackets For Lobstermen Wraps Up
The tour is over but you can see pictures of lobstermen throughout Maine who bought lifejackets. You can also read about how the project did overall. Click Here to find out more
Events
The Arctic regions have long drawn the interest of daring adventures. Several Maine-built ships and vessels have journeyed, explored, and worked in these dangerous ice and fog shrouded waters. Join historian and teacher Charles Lagerbom in a look at the history of numerous vessels that were launched in Maine and ventured to Arctic waters – with some not to return.
This event is FREE with admission.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold a second American Lobster Benchmark Stock Assessment Workshop on February 24 – 27 at the University of Rhode Island Bay Campus, 215 South Ferry Street, Narragansett, Rhode Island. The stock assessment, which is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2020, will evaluate the health of the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank and Southern New England stocks and inform management of this species. The Commission’s stock assessment process and meetings are open to the public, with the exception of discussions of confidential data*, when the public will be asked to leave the room.
For more information about the assessment or attending the upcoming workshop (space will be limited), please contact Caitlin Starks, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at cstarks@asmfc.org or 703.842.0740.
* Each state and federal agency is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of its data and deciding who has access to its confidential data. In the case of our stock assessments and peer reviews, all analysts and, if necessary, reviewers, have been granted permission by the appropriate agency to use and view confidential data. When the assessment team needs to show and discuss these data, observers to our stock assessment process are asked to leave the room to preserve confidentiality.
Meeting notice and agenda to follow.
February 26, 2020
Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan Airport
100 Boardman Street Boston, MA 02128, US
NEFMC Scallop Advisory Panel Meeting website.
Meeting notice and agenda to follow.
February 27, 2020
Hilton Garden Inn Boston Logan Airport
100 Boardman Street Boston, MA 02128, US
New England Fishery Management Council Scallop Committe Meeting Website
For more information, visit http://www.asmfc.org/calendar/3/2020/NH-Public-Hearing-on-Atlantic-Herring-Draft-Addendum-III/1525
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220 Warrenton St
Rockport, Maine 04841
“Maine State Climatologist, Sean Birkel, focuses his research on finding ways to effectively model changes in the local climate and arctic ice sheets. Sean will translate his data and observations to reveal how and why Maine’s winters are evolving and their effect on Maine’s tourism and industry.”
