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The rules, which can vary slightly based on fishing grounds, are intended to maintain a breeding population of the lobsters in key areas such as the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank.
The most important lobster species on the West Coast of the United States is the California spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus. [16] Recreational lobster fishers in California must abide by a legal catch limit of seven lobsters per day and a minimum body length of 3.25 inches (83 mm), measured from the eye socket to the edge of the carapace ...
Lobster fishing is a game of inches, and the number of inches is about to change. ... Gerry Cushman has seen Maine's iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the ...
The Maine lobster haul has fallen from a high of 132.6 million pounds in 2016, though the 2023 year's figure was still much more than fishermen produced in most of the 2000s.
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Bureau of Resource Management, provides management and research resources for Maine's freshwater fisheries and wildlife. [3] Bureau of Warden Service, enforces and conducts investigations relating to fisheries, wildlife, and off-road recreation laws. [4]
The fishing industry is worth $4 billion annually, as of 2010. [18] Fish harvesting and processing corporations are invested in the political process to maximize their profits, to protect against foreign competition and to prevent regulations from making their proprietary information available to the public.
A noted lobster fishing community, Vinalhaven has fishing rights to much of Penobscot Bay and its offshore waters. There are ten major fishing grounds around Vinalhaven that the island's fishermen and some Matinicus Isle fishermen have used for centuries to capture such groundfish as cod, haddock, pollock, hake, lobster, scallops and halibut.
Virginia Oliver is Maine’s “Lobster Lady.” At 104, she continues lobstering and vows never to retire. She shares her simple tips for a long life.