The state’s thriving lobster industry owes a lot to smart fishery conservation measures implemented over the past three decades. But given the Gulf of Maine’s rapid warming, how far can these interventions go?
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Published in ecowatch.com by Nicole Greenfield, a writer at NRDC whose articles on religion, the environment, popular culture, and social justice have appeared in many publications.
Kristan Porter grew up in a fishing family in the fishing community of Cutler, Maine. She pointed out that
“The temperature of the Gulf of Maine is creating the right conditions for lobster, so it’s helped our industry—and it’s been a big boost for the Maine economy,” Porter, the current president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, said. “But you never know what lies ahead. If it continues to warm, it may end up going the other way.”
Kristian Porter
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