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Music, Masts & Lobster Traps is a nonprofit event created by Jesse Roche, a Maine commercial fisherman, in support of the Save Maine Lobstermen campaign.

Help celebrate and share Maine's lobstering heritage

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A nearshore Gulf of Maine water sample full of Tripos Muelleri collected in May 2023.  Photo by Joe Vallino/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Scientists, fishermen keep eyes on huge algae bloom in Gulf of Maine

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/e57989534c1b86b50849ea69cde653b0.jpg — Photo by Gary Gillis on Unsplash

Lobstermen squeezed by inflation, new rules

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/edc40f91f7cfcfa864a9a358d91e047a.jpg — Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash

Fishermen helping monitor impacts of offshore wind project

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/c0d97bf6501f01ae2e56a9189ddc797a.webp — Photo courtesy of Deb Kremer

Lobstermen save two from burning yacht

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/f2807f2f8120e1ff2d0ccc96103a9757.jpg — Photo by David Todd McCarty on Unsplash

Hypoxia, linked to warming water, seen as risk to lobsters

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https://divcomplatform.s3.amazonaws.com/www.nationalfisherman.com/images/5013fc741ad25bc1b0671674c5e39240.jpg — Photo by Lindsay on Unsplash

New Bedford pier redevelopment plan will not go forward

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Bill aims to rake in more ‘clams’ for seafood industry

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Ørsted and Eversource plan to build Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind project south of Rhode Island. BOEM graphic.

Biden administration approves Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island

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2023 National Fisherman Highliner Curt Brown. Maine lobsterman and marine biologist for Ready Seafood

2023 Highliners at a glance: Curt Brown

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Lobster boat sitting at a dock — Photo by Thomas Dewey on Unsplash

Lobsterman discovers body in ocean off Down East Maine

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