New England fishermen band together in new coalition
View the full story at Mount Desert Islander. MOUNT DESERT ISLAND — The New England Fishermen Stewardship Association (NEFSA), a recently formed organization advocating for people who earn their livelihoods with traps, nets and trawls in New England waters, offers something that other advocacy groups do not, according to Executive Director Jerry Leeman, a Harpswell […]
Maine lobstermen catch big court victory against Biden administration’s ‘egregious’ regulations
Read the full story at Fox News. A group of Maine lobstermen won a big legal victory in court Friday in their lawsuit against the Biden administration over regulations they said threatened their livelihood. Last year, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) sued the Biden administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for its new rule that […]