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A picturesque working waterfront and tranquil tourist destination in eastern Penobscot Bay, Stonington has consistently ranked among the top lobster ports in the country and is the largest lobster port in Maine. In 2011, 14,854,989 pounds of lobster were landed by Stonington fishermen, with a value of $46.3 million. [3]
With its flotilla of fishing boats, the town of Stonington is the largest lobster port in Maine; it’s also a thoroughly charming village of clapboard homes and small shops. During the summer ...
Nov. 13—STONINGTON — Volunteers set up the Stonington Lobster Trap Tree, sponsored by the Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce, on Monday at the Town Dock. A crew of volunteers from the chamber ...
Penobscot Bay was one of the first Maine lobster grounds exploited on a significant commercial scale. A United States Fish Commission report "The Lobster Fishery of Maine" in the 1899 Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 19, Pages 241-265 details some of these early ventures, as these excerpts reveal:
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Genevieve Kurilec McDonald (born 1982) is an American Democratic politician, lobster boat captain, and fisheries advocate from Maine.In 2018, she was the first female commercial fisherman to be elected to the Maine House of Representatives.
Today, lobster fishing remains the main industry, while the portions of Acadia National Park which cover about 60% of the island attract a few tourists. Vacation houses, although far fewer than those of the nearby summer colonies of North Haven, Vinalhaven and Mount Desert Island, more than double Isle au Haut's population during the summer.
Back in Stonington Borough, the seafaring sites include the Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House museum and the 170-year-old Stonington Lighthouse. JOE MICHAEL/MYSTIC SEAPORT Take a Lobster Roll Trip