1. Maine Lobstering Today The Real Story By Cameron Betts Bruce Dodge Megan Ferland Andrew Gauthier Liza Robert Matt Thompson By Cameron Betts Bruce Dodge Megan Ferland Andrew Gauthier Liza Robert Matt Thompson

2. The Lobstermen Layout I. Maine’s History of Lobstering II. Maine’s Modern Industry III. Equipment and Traps IV. Friendship Trap Company V. Pressing Issues in the Lobstering Community I. Issue I: Bait II. Issue II: Right Whales and Rope III. Issue III: Steel and Wire Prices VI. Our Personal Experience I. Maine’s History of Lobstering II. Maine’s Modern Industry III. Equipment and Traps IV. Friendship Trap Company V. Pressing Issues in the Lobstering Community I. Issue I: Bait II. Issue II: Right Whales and Rope III. Issue III: Steel and Wire Prices VI. Our Personal Experience

9. Bait Bag Once made from twine a bait bag is now made from nylon. The bait bag is filled with a particular fish, usually herring.

10. Banding Tool Tool used to place the rubber bands around a lobster’s claws.

11. Buoy An object that marks the location in which the lobstermen has laid his or her trap.

12. Gaff Hook The tool used to “snare” the buoy and the line towards the Pot Hauler.

13. Pot Hauler A hydraulic tool that is attached to the side of the boat which pulls traps out of the water.

14. Trap Warp A rope or line that is attached to the buoy and the trap in case of a trawl.

15. V-Notch Tool A tool used to cut a v-shaped notch in the tailfin of a female lobster. This then identifies a female that can bear eggs.

16. Friendship Trap Company

17. Lobster Trap

20. Issue II: Right Whales and Rope  “ The right whale is protected by the Endangered Species Act which is an act written by congress … you will not do anything to purturb or do anything that in any way shape or manner, harm these animals… one of the proposals has been to take all lines out of the water, vertical lines out of the water. And that means no lobster traps… if you can’t fish with lobster traps, the only other way of doing it is either with spear or with dragging.” ~ Dr. James Acheson  “ The right whale is protected by the Endangered Species Act which is an act written by congress … you will not do anything to purturb or do anything that in any way shape or manner, harm these animals… one of the proposals has been to take all lines out of the water, vertical lines out of the water. And that means no lobster traps… if you can’t fish with lobster traps, the only other way of doing it is either with spear or with dragging.” ~ Dr. James Acheson

21. Issue II: Right Whales and Rope  “...the right whale…the endangered whale that everyone’s concerned about. They did away with the float rope and put sink rope in and there’s certain bottom where, it just doesn’t work. But yet they passed a law, they have to comply, but the sink rope, lays on the bottom, and if you’re on soft bottom it’s one thing, but if you’re on rough bottom where you got a lot of jagged rocks and cliffs and what have you, it chafes, and it becomes a real danger.”

22. Whale and Rope Interaction "This diagram (not to scale) illustrates the different types of ground lines in question. The float rope is alleged to rise high enough above the bottom to entangle feeding whales. Low-profile rope, which is still in the development stages, is less buoyant than floating rope. It floats clear of the bottom, but low in the water column. Sinking rope lies on the bottom out of harm’s way as far as whales are concerned, but vulnerable to chafing and snags on rocky bottoms."

23. Issue III: Steel and Wire Prices

24. Steel and Lobster

25. Our Personal Experience

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