As new regulations target traditional lobster fishing gear, Maine lobstermen are exploring alternative gear that would ...

A 2023 study found that the Massachusetts lobster ... a traditional trap. The Maine Department of Marine Resources has purchased several different varieties of on-demand fishing gear through ...

Teams will be looking for the abandoned fishing gear in Bay, Boston Harbor and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Those who fish for lobsters in our coastal waters are bringing in their traps as the season ends. At the Santa Barbara Harbor, boats stacked with traps are unloading at ...

Entanglement in fishing gear is a leading threat to endangered whales and sea turtles. Trap fisheries, like California’s commercial Dungeness crab and New England lobster fisheries, are threatening ...

They don’t want us fishing there,” Sack said ... a moderate livelihood without increasing the total number of lobster traps that can be fished in a Lobster Fishing Area.

The trap is wriggling with shiny armoured lobsters ... it becomes clear that modern technology hasn’t quite reached lobster fishing. A string bag stuffed with smoked fish is the bait, the ...