Canadian snow crab harvester hopes ropeless gear available by 2024
The technology being used by 22 Canadian harvesters involves a cellphone or a smartphone tablet and a deck unit with acoustic pinger to send a signal to the bottom
PE firm with Russian links puts US lobster, scallop processor up for sale
A US-based PE firm, whose Russia-born founders have past links to an energy billionaire, is looking to divest a major lobster and scallop processor, sources told Undercurrent News
New NL harvester association SEA-NL elects first executives
The group's board also has voted to back eight initiatives, including changing federal policy to allow non-core groundfish licenses to be sold or transferred
Newfoundland processors question new price panel member’s objectivity
'Mr. McCurdy's appointment is an insult to members, and undermines the independence of the arbitration process' -- Derek Butler, Association of Seafood Producers
Twin bills would help US lobster sector fill openings with Afghan asylum seekers
'It is one of the most hopeful labor- and immigration-related things that we could possibly be doing right now' -- Annie Tselikis, Maine Lobster Dealers Association
Other Maine lawmakers join push for more details from China lobster deal
'The phase-one deal was opaque and questionably enforceable from the outset' -- senator Angus King and representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden
Collins presses USTR again on China’s failure to meet lobster import commitment
'Ensuring China’s commitments are upheld is critical to Maine’s iconic lobster industry, which supports thousands of jobs and strengthens our coastal communities' -- senator Susan Collins
Maine mulling legal fund to fight looming right whale regs
'We're looking at a decade of fighting these regulations' -- Republican Rep. William Faulkingham of Maine
Ready, Regal Springs, Kingfish Zeeland among latest to pull out of Boston
'The show will be very low attended and we feel the cost/benefit of exhibiting was not good' -- Jim Charters, Ocean Garden Products
Maine records most valuable lobster landing year ever
Normally Maine's Department of Marine Resources withholds its catch data until March, so this week's release of 2021 lobster landings is a bit early