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Maine lobstermen fishing out of Jonesport, Beals and Jonesboro are backing a proposal to expand a protected fishing zone in Englishman Bay. Photo courtesy of Jonesport Municipal Marina

Maine lobstermen push to expand restricted fishing zone

Carli Clancy

Commercial fishermen and passenger vessel operators in Gloucester, Mass., are feeling the strain of rising diesel and fuel costs. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

High diesel prices hit Gloucester fishermen

NF Staff

A bill that would extend the current pause on new North Atlantic right whale regulations affecting the lobster fishery until 2035 is headed to the full U.S. House. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

House committee advances bill to extend right whale regulatory pause

Carli Clancy

The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative has announced seven new appointments to its Board of Directors. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock

Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative names new board members

NF Staff

The Lobster Trap Company’s plastic trap being field tested on the same trawl as a wire trap. According to research and reports from fishermen, plastic traps have been shown to fish as well as or better than wire. Photo courtesy of the Lobster Trap Company

Nova Scotia company aims to reinvent the lobster trap

Paul Molyneaux

Fourth-year students like Jean-Pierre Joseph are close to joining the Maine lobster industry’s workforce. “The experienced kids like JP also help mentor the new kids,” says Wiley Muller. Photo courtesy of Lift All Boats

Finding crew made easier

Paul Molyneaux

The MLA, in partnership with the MLCA, has launched a statewide competition encouraging lobstermen to protect one billion lobster eggs through Maine's longstanding v-notching conservation practice. Photo courtesy of Jacob Knowles' Facebook

Maine lobstermen to spotlight v-notch conservation

NF Staff

Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson holds the GPS unit that the Maine Department of Marine Resources requires him on his vessel so that it can be tracked 24/7. Thompson is taking the issue to the US Supreme Court. Photo courtesy of Frank Thompson

One lobsterman’s lawsuit going to the Supreme Court

Paul Molyneaux

Caitlin Townsend and her father out lobstering. Photo courtesy of the Townsend family

A foot on deck and a voice for the fleet

Carli Clancy

A commercial fisherman in Maine died June 18th by falling overboard. Photo courtesy of Maine Marine Patrol

Maine Marine Patrol investigating fatal overboard incident near Vinalhaven

NF Staff

The Tide-N-Knots rests on its mooring in Bailey’s Mistake, a semi-protected anchorage in Lubec, Maine. Built somewhere in Nova Scotia in 1979, the boat is typical of the rough old Novi workhorses found in Downeast Maine. Greg McConnell photo.

Boat of the month: Tide-N-Knots

Paul Molyneaux