Politicians should stick to their duties - Sun-Journal
25 May 2012, 12:05 am
Tragedies occur. A Maine lobsterman falls overboard, a snowmobiler goes through the ice or a swimmer never emerges from the lake. But what we have never seen at the location of any similar tragedy are federal employees sent by members of ...

Hannaford Supermarket Chain Adopts a Sustainable Seafood Policy - MPBN
23 May 2012, 4:57 pm
Target and Walmart have also committed to buying fish that's verified as more sustainable. Also in attendance at the Hannaford press conference was Maine lobsterman Steve Train, who's been trapping crustaceans in Casco Bay for 35 years. For him the new is ...

Hannaford selling only sustainable seafood - WCSH
23 May 2012, 2:48 pm
There's a lot of people who worry about what they're eating, how it's managed and harvested", said Steve Train, a lobsterman from Long Island. While it does make Hannaford look like a good corporate citizen it also makes good business sense. "There is a ...

Crow, Peg, Medicated Youth, Post-lobsterman at the Annandale Hotel - Nine to Five
18 May 2012, 8:56 am
On Saturday, May 19, the Annandale Hotel will play host to some of the fiercest original music to emanate out of the Sydney live music scene. Crow with extremely special guests Peg, Medicated Youth and Post- lobsterman join forces to provide a truly ...

Soft-Shell Lobsters Show up Early in Maine - MPBN
17 May 2012, 8:50 am
Soft shell lobsters are those that have molted, but whose new shells haven't hardened yet. David Cousins is a lobsterman out of South Thomaston and President of the Maine lobsterman's Association. He says why they're showing up now, and where it's ...

Early arrival of soft-shell lobsters perplexes Maine lobster industry - Sun-Journal
16 May 2012, 6:45 pm
At Pine Point, third-generation Scarborough lobsterman Dennis Violette, pulled two big crates full of lobster from his early season catch and picked one out; its shell folded like paper under his hand. "Today we got probably 60, 65 percent soft-shells ...

Loudon Wainwright III On World Cafe - NPR News
15 May 2012, 2:43 pm
Wainwright wrote his first song after being inspired by an old lobsterman named Edgar in a Rhode Island boatyard, and since then, he's recorded more than 20 albums. His witty, self-deprecating style — mixed with a current of easily understood ...

Quincy cops hunt for car in bay - Boston Herald
14 May 2012, 3:34 pm
A Quincy police dive team has been called to the Town River Bay, where a passing lobsterman reported seeing a car in the water, police said. It’s unclear if anyone is inside the vehicle but police were on scene where the car was discovered, in the bay ...

Ancient tradition of harvesting alewives still going strong in Woolwich - Bangor Daily News
13 May 2012, 10:38 pm
For reasons that aren’t fully understood, alewives are exceptional lobster bait. Mark Jones, a lobsterman who fishes out of Boothbay, said alewives attract more lobsters that are of higher quality, compared to herring or shipped-in frozen bait.

Lobster hostilities lead to boat sinkings in Maine - myrtlebeachonline.com
10 May 2012, 6:59 pm
"It's sad, awful sad," said lobsterman Doug Simmons, 60, as he worked on his gear Thursday in preparation for setting his traps in the coming weeks. "It's cost people a lot of money." The boats were owned by Gary Jones and his 15-year-old son ...