Events
Stay up to date on upcoming events with the MLA calendar. We post MLA meetings, trainings, festivals and openings as well as other events that pertain to the lobster industry. You can sort by category or tags (i.e.lobster boat races). Let us know if you have something to post! 207-967-4555 or andi@mainelobstermen.org
comments on the alternatives under consideration in Draft Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. More specifically, the Council is seeking feedback from the public on which alternatives should be selected and why. These hearings are being held by the Council in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Council plans to take final action on the amendment during its September 2018 meeting in Plymouth, MA.
For the 3nd year we will have THE RUNNING WITH THE ALEWIVES 5K & 10K races. There will be lots of great food including pulled pork and chicken, oysters, lobster & crab rolls, hamburgers, breakfast sandwiches and more! The Chris Fitz Band will play Saturday night at the Lincoln Theater. The festival is an amazing community event!!
The 2018 Summer Season has begun! Stop by to see amazing displays of maritime history and more in our special collections:
Small Craft. Working and recreational boats from the early 20th century include a Beals Island lobster boat; a North Haven dinghy; a Lincolnville wherry; a Herreshoff 12 ½; peapods; dories; canoes; marine engines and lots more.
Marine Art. We have a world-class collection of 19th century marine art featuring Thomas and James Buttersworth, Robert Salmon, and Antonio Jacobsen; ship portraits and port paintings from around the world; ships’ figureheads; dioramas and shadowboxes.
Furniture, crafts and domestic furnishings. In addition to domestic manufactures of the 19th century, many Searsport homes were furnished with a wealth of fascinating objects from the Orient, brought back by local sea captains. Our fully-furnished sea captain’s house shows how a 19th century home might have looked, with objects ranging from grandfather clocks and cuff crimpers to “larding needles” (to insert more fat into meat), hooked rugs, traveling desks, Chinese sewing boxes, oil portraits, and a piano with mother-of-pearl keys.
Tools. Artifacts of economic labor abound in the Working The Bay exhibit. You’ll see the tools used by Penobscot Bay’s loggers, farmers, ice harvesters, ship builders and mariners.
Ship Models. You’ll see builder’s half-hull models; large-scale fully-rigged plank-on frame models; exquisite miniatures; a French prisoner’s model made of bone; presentation models; a working steam-powered tug model and more.
Scrimshaw. Our collection includes both inscribed and rare painted whales’ teeth; baleen and walrus ivory objects; and related craft pieces.
Photography. Over 100,000 items, including collections from the Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company and Atlantic Fisherman; and work by photographers Carroll Thayer Berry, Charles R. Coombs and Joanna Colcord.
Special Exhibits. Every season there are special and temporary exhibits that feature rarely-seen gems from our collections and items on loan. See the Home Page and Calendar of Events for details.
Green Crab Fishery and Market Development to Mitigate the Impacts of an Invasive Species
Join us at O’Maine Studios this summer for the Green Crab Working Summit. The summit is designed for fishermen, chefs, consumers, anyone in the seafood industry, regulators, scientists and educators who have been thinking about, studying or already fishing for, or eating green crabs. Let’s come together to strategize on how to develop a viable fishery and markets for this invasive crab — a delicious, plentiful and full of potential crustacean that is wreaking havoc economically and environmentally!
The two-day agenda will include speakers from chefs to educators to scientists, cooking demonstrations, round-table discussions, and opportunities to make connections and strategize. This summit is an excellent opportunity to learn from each other, network and strategize on how best to mitigate the impacts of this invader.
Register early! Space is limited!
Sponsored by Sea Grant NH, Manomet, and the NH extension
comments on the alternatives under consideration in Draft Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. More specifically, the Council is seeking feedback from the public on which alternatives should be selected and why. These hearings are being held by the Council in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Council plans to take final action on the amendment during its September 2018 meeting in Plymouth, MA.please note: the date has been changed from the first Wednesday in June to Wednesday June 16th.
**Please note our new location! Nautilus Restaurant at 3 Main St, Belfast. **
The monthly meeting of the the MLA Board of Directors. For more information or to attend, call 967-4555. 
Sign up 8-9 am: Races start at 10am
Follow on Facebook at Friends of Maine Lobster Boat Racing. Listen on VHF 10.
Sign up 8-9 am: Races start at 10am
Follow on Facebook at Friends of Maine Lobster Boat Racing. Listen on VHF 10.
comments on the alternatives under consideration in Draft Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. More specifically, the Council is seeking feedback from the public on which alternatives should be selected and why. These hearings are being held by the Council in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Council plans to take final action on the amendment during its September 2018 meeting in Plymouth, MA.Sign up 8-9 am: Races start at 10am
Follow on Facebook at Friends of Maine Lobster Boat Racing. Listen on VHF 10.