Maine Lobstermen's Association

Sea Bags and Rugged Seas have created limited-edition totes and wristlets.

The nonprofit mentorship program by the team behind Luke’s Lobster aims to give high school students an entry point into lobstering either as a hobby or livelihood.

Two Maine businesses are collaborating on a lobster-themed fundraiser for the Maine Lobster Community Alliance.

The executive order “recognizes the challenges our fishing families and communities face and we appreciate the commitment to reduce burdensome regulations and strengthen the competitiveness of American seafood.”

While lobster supply again declined, the price paid to lobstermen was a the second-highest on record.

Patrick Keliher, who was appointed to lead DMR in 2012, will retire on March 14.

Fishery associations said the designation of the area “is the culmination of a rushed development process.” The federal the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has said the area was selected after extensive stakeholder engagement.

Labor groups back a federal designation of an offshore wind site in the Gulf of Maine, but the Maine Lobstermen’s Association still has concerns.

A lobster trade association “is hopeful that more robust data will replace the government’s overly pessimistic assumptions” about the industry’s impact on the whale.”

The court said lack of data led to an estimate of 46 whale deaths per decade, a “staggering departure from the two documented deaths” over nine years.