Maine Lobstermen’s ‘Union’ Trying to Establish Co-op for Self-Directed Lobster Sales
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Maine Public] By A.J. HIGGINS - August 7, 2017
Maine lobstermen have long been known as a fiercely independent lot. But some are looking to the power of unity, in the form of a statewide, catch-to-table co-op. The goal is to harvest a larger and more predictable share of the profits.
It’s 10 a.m. and Rock Alley has already been cruising Washington County’s Sequin’s Passage off Beals Island since a little after daybreak. The 60-year-old Jonesport fishermen tells his two stern men to get ready as he maneuvers his 46-foot, Jarvis Newman lobster boat through some shallow waters to get to his traps.
As the Miss Carmen idles down, one of the men snags the lobster buoy with a gaffer’s hook and pulls it aboard. Alley feeds ...
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