As the industry battles federal right-whale regulations, L.D. 710 calls for allocating 20% of the fishery's license surcharges – about $380,000 a year – to the legal defense fund through 2030.
Under legislation from Maine House Republican Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham, the state would divert $500,000 a year through 2030 to support the lobster industry's legal defense. The funds would be paid for through existing surcharges on lobster licenses.
Expanding from a lobster-only showcase, Maine’s inaugural seafood reception included a B2B campaign targeting regional, national and international buyers.
Seafood Watch, a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, unfairly downgraded its evaluation of the Maine lobster fishery last fall, the fishermen say.
ROCKPORT — Rain, slush and fast-falling snow marked the 48th Maine Fishermen’s Forum, but it was the fishermen, ocean biologists, kelp harvesters, federal scientists, restauranteurs, state fishery representatives and the