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They took care of it themselves.
They didn't need Marine Patrol and you wouldn't have the wording on the tag about imprisonment for molesting gear. They were happy to catch a crate a day and today, we have to catch several hundred pounds a day just to earn our living, but you know the money was different back in those days too. The escape vents float free but that is a conservation measure to render lost ghost pots nonlethal to marine life.
We have nothing like it here. Maine pot gear is almost all lost by accident. Photo courtesy Christina Lemieux. I just stumbled across a great new blog about the lobstering life by author Christina Lemieux, the daughter and granddaughter of Maine lobstermen, a sternman in her youth, and now and now an advertising exec in London. Her blog Maine-ly Lobster has a great wealth of knowledge about the lobstering culture and this one post, "Frequently Asked Questions About Maine Lobster Fishing" is both hilarious and spot on.
For example tourists we're talking to you, listen up she writes: If you wander down onto a dock and engage a fisherman in conversation, there are five questions you should never ask. They are as follows: How many lobsters did you catch today? How many traps do you fish? How much money do you make? Where is the best fishing?
Readers of The Ghost Trap will recognize some of the most insane questions tourists have ever asked are also in this particular post. Check out her blog and her book! Photo by Melissa Wood As fans of The Ghost Trap know, the opening chapter starts with a couple of entitled yachties poaching from a Maine lobster trap for their dinner.
This happens way more frequently than you think and it's astounding how some boaters view this as "fair game. Should anyone die over this practice? But, what if there are few deterrents and all poachers get is a slap on the wrist, legally? This blog post from National Fisherman goes a bit more in depth on the public reaction to the Cape Breton killings, where, according to the author, Melissa Wood said, "Many people disagreed with me, at least on Facebook, where comments were all along the lines that 'he got what was coming to him.
The full text follows below: Caught Stealing Last month I wrote that nobody should die over lobster after three Cape Breton lobstermen were charged with killing a man they allegedly caught stealing from their traps. To update that story, Phillip Boudreau's body has still not been found. Many people disagreed with me, at least on Facebook, where comments were all along the lines that "he got what was coming to him.
I got more insight about what they may have been up against from "J. Even though the man was caught and charged, he was not punished beyond a fine and the loss of his recreational license for a year. Even the officer handling the case was disgusted [with the] slap on the wrist he got. This would have taken more money and time off the water.
So basically the man got a slap on the wrist for taking food off our table," he wrote. Another poaching story came out yesterday from Australia. Commercial crab fisherman Greg Sichter of Sarina Beach was fed up with people stealing from and actually taking his pots.
The problem is apparently an epidemic there with people thinking of pots as "fair game" according to one official. So Sichter bought bright pink and gray floats so that nobody could claim they mistakenly thought his pots belonged to them, and he bought two portable cameras, which he hid in the mangroves. What he found shocked him: He knew some of the people who were stealing from him. I understand the fishermen in Cape Breton didn't have mango trees to tie cameras to, but they did allegedly catch Boudreau in the act. Could they have filmed him on their camera phones? Maybe the product companies need to come up with an underwater camera that can be camouflaged in gear?
But even that wouldn't do any good if the gear itself is stolen. And after reading what happened to J. For all I know, since few details have come out about the case, the Cape Breton fishermen could have tried many tactics before the violent confrontation with Boudreau. But again, I don't think killing should be a solution. Not only is someone dead, but those fishermen are sitting in jail. How can they support their families now? Simmons pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanor charges of criminal threatening and reckless conduct.
The victim told the sheriff's department that when he arrived at Wallace's Lobster Wharf on Dec. The victim was not hit.
The affidavit said Simmons also threatened to kill the man soon. The victim said Simmons accused him of cutting his lobster traps, which the victim denied doing. The result, as we all know, has meant prices have dropped while lobster remains in abundance this summer. Lobsterpalooza is a weeklong celebration of lobster taking place August in Rockland, Camden and surrounding towns where businesses celebrate the lobster harvest with everything from a crustacean cash mob to featured specials, events and more.
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Lobsterpalooza is just one of the many events happening during the Maine Lobster Lovers Celebration, a promotion created by the Maine Lobster Promotion Council. The four Historic Inns of Rockland will feature lobster on the breakfast menu during Lobsterpalooza week, while offering specially discounted tickets for lobster adventures. Cash mobs are the perfect way to support local, independent businesses, and in this case local fishermen. Sign up to win at all participating businesses.
No purchase is necessary and a winner will be drawn at the close of Lobsterpalooza week. Entry forms will be available at participating businesses and at Camden and Rockland visitor centers. Between Fact and Fiction: Eat Maine FB page. Well folks, this is an interesting summer to be in Maine. Because of a glut of spring lobsters caught, an abysmally low price for the catch and the fact that lobster is now cheaper than freakin' bologna right now, we have what is called an unspoken "tie-up.
The few folks I've spoken to who will naturally remain anonymous say that despite what you may think, this has been very peaceful. No trap molestation, no underground wars. These people work HARD and they're getting screwed. So do your part, buy some lobster this week; let's run down this glut, run up the price so these guys can go out fishing again! I'm including a column by Working Waterfront's Philip Conkling here, which explains how this has all gone down.
On the way to the morning ferry, little knots of lobstermen stood on the post office steps, in front of the Odd Fellows Hall and at the large parking lot where lobstermen park their trucks on their way to their boats. Eighty-one motionless lobster boats looked like a mirage. No boat was tied up at Hopkins Boatyard; no one was loading bait or traps at the old crab factory. As the 7 a. All the way down the bay past the lobster harbors of Owls Head, the Weskeag, and Sprucehead, the horizon was completely empty, as was the case from Rockland to Rockport to Camden on the western shore.
It would be an exaggeration to say that the scene was like the empty skies the day after , but there is a similarity. So how did this unprecedented cooperation among fishermen throughout a huge lobster fishing area happen? No one is saying, and for a good reason. Since virtually all Maine lobstermen are independent businessmen, the law theoretically prohibits any lobstermen from talking to another and agreeing not to go fishing. It was a thunderously unpopular verdict, but has left a bitter enough legacy during the last half century that even talkative lobstermen run silent and deep when it comes to any mention of tie up.
One such story is that a fisherman in one unnamed harbor hired a small plane to conduct surveillance to find out which boats were still fishing. The real explanation for the unprecedented inactivity in lobster fishing communities along much of the Maine coast is both simple and complicated.
The simple explanation is price.
Almost nothing in the universe can create unanimity among lobstermen, but lobster prices have not been at such a low point for approximately 30 years. They aim to make it possible to provide access to such technologies to the majority of people alive today. Future advances in nanomedicine could give rise to life extension through the repair of many processes thought to be responsible for aging. Eric Drexler , one of the founders of nanotechnology , postulated cell repair devices, including ones operating within cells and utilizing as yet hypothetical molecular machines , in his book Engines of Creation.
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Contrasting the stark beauty of the Downeast Maine seacoast with the stark reality of earning a living there, Life by Lobster, a new hour-long documentary by independent filmmaker Iain McCray Martin takes you inside the lives of five young lobster fishermen determined to pursue this proud traditional vocation against steadily mounting obstacles. No matter how well a food business is run, its success always comes down to the ingredients and how they are prepared. Canadian lobstermen, who only fish in early spring and late fall, also reportedly landed larger catches than usual and filled much of the existing Canadian demand. For Herman, like all Maine lobstermen, there is no separation between his work and his personal life. Then there is the state of the general economy.
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