Lobstering

Lobster Industry Seeks to Avert Future Glut Lobster Industry Seeks to Avert Future Glut

Portland Press Herald: Last year was a rough year for lobstering and the industry has a lot to say about it. As part of a month-long series of meetings across the state’s coastal towns, the Division of Marine Resources...

» January 18th, 2013
Proposed LI Sound Lobstering Ban May Hurt Fishermen Proposed LI Sound Lobstering Ban May Hurt Fishermen

Suffolk Times: Will next year’s looming ban on taking lobster from Long Island Sound help bolster local lobster numbers and revive the faltering fishery that was once worth $100 million to the local economy? Nobody really knows, but some...

» August 1st, 2012
LI Sound Fall Lobstering Ban in Effect LI Sound Fall Lobstering Ban in Effect

TheDay.com: Beginning in 2013, the lobstering season in Long Island Sound will be closed for 11 weeks in the fall to reduce the catch and give the depleted shellfish population time to rebuild. By a 6-3 vote Tuesday, the...

» February 10th, 2012
LI Sound Lobstermen a Dying Breed LI Sound Lobstermen a Dying Breed

Deseret News: Nick Crismale made his career as a lobsterman, but lately there are not enough of the crustaceans in Long Island Sound to make it worth putting out the traps. Crismale, who dedicated himself to clamming this year,...

» November 2nd, 2011
MA Lobsterman Dies in Accident MA Lobsterman Dies in Accident

Boston.com: For Peter Prybot, lobstering was not just a profession but a way of life. For more than 40 years, he caught and sold the crustaceans, wrote about the fishing industry, and photographed the people, places, and boats. Authorities...

» April 8th, 2011
Indie Film Features New Bedford, MA, Setting Indie Film Features New Bedford, MA, Setting

CapeCodOnline: His knowledge of the fishing life once amounted to little more than what he learned emptying the lobster traps occasionally hauled up on his brother’s tiny Boston Whaler. That was before Jay Burke was inspired to try and...

» January 18th, 2011