Here you see a still life in Naskeag Harbor yesterday. That’s the convenience raft that sells bait and fuel to lobster fishermen and buys lobsters from them; behind it is one of our fishing fleet . Both are not working.
This has been a very difficult season for our lobster fishermen (male and female). It started in June with unrealistically low prices paid to the fishermen compared to their costs. Now, one veteran captain reported yesterday that, “The price has gone up a little, but it’s too little, too late. The majority of the lobsters were caught from mid-June to mid-August. The price made it impossible to make any money.”
He said that he thought that “most everyone is only hauling [going out and hauling traps up] a couple of days a week,” rather than the traditional five- or six-day work week.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 23, 2022.)