The 2021 lobster season is winding down fast here; fishing vessels are continually bringing in their traps and stacking them on the Town Dock at Naskeag Harbor.
The traps are stacked neatly on waiting trailers like a package of Legos® and motored away for winter hibernation.
This year’s lobster harvest was down and unusual, apparently due at least in part to our warming waters. When asked to describe the 2021 season, one of our veteran fishermen concisely said, “Good thing the price was up.” What will happen next year is anyone’s guess. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 4, 2021.)