Dear Lincoln, thank you for posting the exceptionally fine film of Dan and Malcolm Fernald and their commitment to a life of sustainable lobster-fishing. Dan and Malcolm represent the best in commitment to living in the State of Maine and preserving its rich resources.
I think you could help the lobstermen if you and the President of the Maine Lobster Association wrote a letter to the WSJ opinion editor. There have been many opinion pieces on Government over reach published in the WSJ and you will find that the lobstermen may have a hugh, untapped community will to help. The Lobster Association can setup a gofundme account and start getting the money they will need to support the legal battle.
I'm happy to see your coverage of the Whale Regulations. It is the crisis that no one in Maine is paying any attention to . I have been watching this coming for years. I lobstered with my father in the 1960s just is he did a generation before with his dad. The total catch in those days would not pay for the fuel cost now.
All lobstermen know that the large landings of lobster is on the decline and that climate change with warmer water is moving lobster to the east. The industry is in (to use an over used phrase) a perfect storm. Many fishermen will not survive. Entire coastal communities will change.
The effects of climate change has started the decline and the Federal regulations will speed up that process to a premature death of the lobster fishery as we know it.
It is tragic because(as it always is)those who impose regulations have no understanding of the industry they are regulating.
Most of the lobster fishermen I know including my three brothers who have spent their lives at it have never seen a right whale in the areas that they lobster every day. The author of the study who is responsible for this mess is correct. Right whales tend to stay offshore. It would have been nice if he had pointed that out.
If you you started at 12 years old and motored the waters and islands around Blue Hill Bay every day until you were 90. Your chances of seeing a sighting of a right whale would likely be close to zero.
I have never seen one in Maine.
Those in charge should be asking. Where are these entanglements happening? Did the lines have the break away components that lobstermen now use? I believe the answer is that no one knows. So why impose new regulations before we know if the previous mandates did or not work?
Lobstermen have been too independent to organize and in the end it will be that inability that will cripple the industry. Corporations will likely rule the industry that will be the future, those with big bucks that are looking for profit loss, likely from another country. Ed Davis
Aaron Cohen again re. whales and the MDI lobster fishery. FYI, I agree that the science re. whale mortality and lobstering in and around MDI seems pretty thin and does not justify the judicial ruling.
Dear Lincoln, thank you for posting the exceptionally fine film of Dan and Malcolm Fernald and their commitment to a life of sustainable lobster-fishing. Dan and Malcolm represent the best in commitment to living in the State of Maine and preserving its rich resources.
Kindest regards, Anne Marie Vickers Quin
Hi Lincoln,
I think you could help the lobstermen if you and the President of the Maine Lobster Association wrote a letter to the WSJ opinion editor. There have been many opinion pieces on Government over reach published in the WSJ and you will find that the lobstermen may have a hugh, untapped community will to help. The Lobster Association can setup a gofundme account and start getting the money they will need to support the legal battle.
Regards, Richard Post
Hi Lincoln
I'm happy to see your coverage of the Whale Regulations. It is the crisis that no one in Maine is paying any attention to . I have been watching this coming for years. I lobstered with my father in the 1960s just is he did a generation before with his dad. The total catch in those days would not pay for the fuel cost now.
All lobstermen know that the large landings of lobster is on the decline and that climate change with warmer water is moving lobster to the east. The industry is in (to use an over used phrase) a perfect storm. Many fishermen will not survive. Entire coastal communities will change.
The effects of climate change has started the decline and the Federal regulations will speed up that process to a premature death of the lobster fishery as we know it.
It is tragic because(as it always is)those who impose regulations have no understanding of the industry they are regulating.
Most of the lobster fishermen I know including my three brothers who have spent their lives at it have never seen a right whale in the areas that they lobster every day. The author of the study who is responsible for this mess is correct. Right whales tend to stay offshore. It would have been nice if he had pointed that out.
If you you started at 12 years old and motored the waters and islands around Blue Hill Bay every day until you were 90. Your chances of seeing a sighting of a right whale would likely be close to zero.
I have never seen one in Maine.
Those in charge should be asking. Where are these entanglements happening? Did the lines have the break away components that lobstermen now use? I believe the answer is that no one knows. So why impose new regulations before we know if the previous mandates did or not work?
Lobstermen have been too independent to organize and in the end it will be that inability that will cripple the industry. Corporations will likely rule the industry that will be the future, those with big bucks that are looking for profit loss, likely from another country. Ed Davis
The lack of coverage of Cruise Ships killing whales is revealing in itself.
Hi Lincoln.
Aaron Cohen again re. whales and the MDI lobster fishery. FYI, I agree that the science re. whale mortality and lobstering in and around MDI seems pretty thin and does not justify the judicial ruling.
Love the QSJ!!