Maine Lobster

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News

• Maine Ventless Trap Survey Seeking Industry Participants (Paid) — Apply by March 10, 2019
• Vertical Line Survey — License holders please participate!
• What to Do if You Find a Tagged Lobster (PDF file, 1 page) or a Tagged Jonah Crab (PDF file, 1 page)
• Subscribe to Email/Text Notifications of Lobster Meetings and other News

Commercial Lobster Fishing and Management

• Maine Lobster Management
  • Licenses Awarded in 2017 Per Zone
  • Lobster and Crab Bait Information
  • Lobster fishing and dealer license applications and renewals
  • Laws (see Part 9) and Regulations (see Chapter. 25)
  • Maine Lobster Advisory Council and Zone councils
  • Zone maps
  • Lobster Management Area Map
  • Limited entry and apprentice program
  • Summary of numbers of fishing licenses and trap tags issued
  • 2018 Legal Haul Times, PDF file, 77 KB
  • LD 575 Summary, PDF file, 73KB

• Regional Lobster Management
  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission lobster page

• Federal Lobster Management
  • National Marine Fisheries Service lobster page

• Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP)
  • NOAA charts with Maine exemption line (PDF file, 7 pages, 3.4 MB)
  • Hancock County Trawl Line Whale Rule Overlay (PDF file, 1 page)
  • Trap gear modification requirements
  • Maine protected resources regulations - See Chapter 75

Lobster Research, Monitoring, and Assessment

• Vertical Line Survey - License holders please participate!
• Lobster Management Area Map
• DMR's lobster research program
• Lobster commercial landings data, 1880 to present
• 2015 Lobster stock assessment and peer review, c/o ASMFC (near bottom of page)
• Historical DMR research publications

Recreational Lobster Fishing

• Fishing license applications and renewals
• DMR Guide to Lobstering in Maine

Other Maine Lobster Industry Organizations and Resources

• Downeast Lobstermen's Association
• eMOLT - Environmental monitors on lobster traps, c/o NEFSC
• Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
• Lobster Conservancy
• Maine Lobster Dealers' Association
• Maine Lobstering Union
• Maine Lobstermen's Association
• Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative
• Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Certification of Maine Lobster Fishery
• University of Maine, Chen Lab
• University of Maine, Lobster Institute
• University of Maine, Wahle Lab