Posted on 06/15/2021 1:20:38 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Ask any outsider what Maine brings to mind, and the response might well be: Bone-chilling winters. Forests. Moose. Quaint fishing villages along a rocky coast. Flannel shirts and Bean boots. And lobsters—lots of lobsters.
These cold-water-loving, bottom-feeding crustaceans are top of mind for many Mainers too, including Monique Coombs. She’s the director of community programs for the Maine Coast Fisherman’s Association, in Brunswick. She’s also the wife of Maine lobsterman, Herman Coombs, and the mother of 16-year-old Joceylne, who’s going into the family trade. Homarus americanus—the American lobster—is what keeps bread on the Coombs’ table.
Last year during the pandemic shutdown, Maine didn’t get its usual blast of summer visitors, but there were plenty of lobsters. Signs are promising for a revived tourism season in 2021, and Monique expects it to be another good year for lobsters.
But that doesn’t stop her from worrying. The waters off Maine’s coast are warming, and no one knows what that’s going to mean for the state’s half-billion-dollar-a-year lobster industry—the largest single-species fishery in North America. Some fear that continued warming could cause the lobster population to collapse.
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Ayup, my family on the Cape tells me lobster is running $2 to $3 a pound right now.
They can send me all the excess lobster they can. I’ll pay .50 per pound..:)
meanwhile...
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Five days into the 2021 shrimp season, and those who make their living out on the water tell us it’s been a mixed bag. They’ve caught shrimp, but not as many as they’d like.
Monday, down at the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor, there were some jumbo shrimp for sale at $6 per pound, mainly due to the increased fuel prices. Some of the smaller ones were going for as low as $2 a pound
Ryan Bradley with Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United said right now, the best quality and quantity of shrimp is located far offshore.
“I would say so far it’s been a bit disappointing for our inshore shrimp fishermen. However, our offshore fishermen have been doing well,” Bradley said. “The ones that stay offshore for a while, they freeze the shrimp. They’ve been doing pretty well.”
One thing that’s keeping inshore shrimpers going is out-of-town tourists and others driving here and getting shrimp.
“Yes, this is one of the things we do. Sit back, relax, and take home some shrimp,” said Ken Brewer, who’s visiting the Coast from Indiana.
On opening day June 10, the Mississippi DMR said 94 boats were on the water. That’s a little more than the 67 boats in 2020.
“I’m hoping they can have a good year, and they really deserve it,” Bradley added.
Never mind the climate change. The fedgov is determined to shut the industry down by eliminating fixed lines to buoys. Too hard on the Right whales, which oddly enough they very rarely see up there.
Is that a low or high price, from their perspective?
Careful, state of Maine; before you know it,
Michelle Obama will be sending her husband there on a fact finding mission. Hoping to find a vendor excited about the ‘honor’ of donating a few pounds of fresh Lobster to the former first couple.
“She’ll be sending a Barge, we were told!”
Might be a good time to try it for the first time.
I’ve been to fresh shrimp markets and seen many mother shrimp, think they should should implement a modified solution of throwing some of these back when convenient.
Should have seen it coming that it was a globull warming story.
The Maine Island Institute’s freebie newspaper always has one or two articles on global warming killing the lobster industry or the islands disappearing below the waves.
Lobstercules is NOT amused....
Very low. That’s about what my dad paid in the 70s-80s and he was an ex lobsterman so he knew people in the business. My sister’s best friend was a lobsterman so that’s normally where we’d get them. My dad’s uncle was a lobsterman for over 50 years. They both went out solo which is rare now.
Should say my sister’s best friend’s dad was a lobsterman.
Rising fuel prices? Pshaw! They aren’t even back to where they were a few years ago.
How often have you seen anyone dropping the price because of lower fuel prices? You haven’t of course. They were happy to pocket the savings. Problem is, if you don’t go with the greed you look a fool.
Idiots always use the "some say" because they don't have any real experts to comment.
Lobster prices are doing fairly well but the media is bumping up the price with their hysterics. You can buy a fresh one pound hard shell for $8, same lobster in a restaurant with corn and a potato is $47. It is the restaurants that are faking this market price to increase their profits.
Hi.
What is the web site of the Maine company that will Fedex both live lobsters and other assorted parts and things?
Price is right.
5.56mm
Thought so, just wanted confirmation.
Hmmm, might be time to look to stock up on some frozen tails!
We have lobsters in Long Island Sound where the water is 5 degrees warmer. Nothing to see here. And note there are plenty of lobsters in Maine as per the article. But there might be fewer someday. So we need much higher taxes and to drive electric cars or stay home and freeze in the dark... Certain pain now to prevent possible beneficial consequences in the future. Co2 is plant food. Ag production is 20% higher because of extra Co2.
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