BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 27, 2021
Predictions of a looming decline in the lobster catch, in part because of climate change and warming ocean waters, have been circulating for years, but the harvest remains strong in Maine. Regulations aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales pose an immediate challenge. We understand that fishermen — in many states and Canada — along with the shipping industry, must do more to protect right whales. But, it is unclear that such a large burden should fall on Maine’s lobstermen who haul in the best lobster in the country.