DEPT. OF MARINE RESOURCES

• About DMR
• Aquaculture
• Aquarium, Library, Lighthouse, Education
• Commercial Fisheries
• Councils, Meetings, etc.
• Health & Safety: Is it Safe to Eat/Swim/Fish?
• Laws and Regulations
• Licenses
• Marine Patrol
• Municipal Shellfish
• Recreational Fishing
• Research and Surveys
• Species Info (lobsters, clams, whales, etc.)
  • Lobsters
• Weather, Tides, Sunrise, Environmental Data
• Wetlands, Permit Review

The Maine Lobster

• See the links to the right for General Information about the Maine lobster and the Maine Lobster Fishery

• Lobster Research, Monitoring, and Assessment

  • DMR's lobster research program - port sampling, sea sampling, ventless trap survey, interactive mapping, informational leaflets, and more
  • 2005 lobster stock assessment
  • Lobster research priorities as defined in 2000
  • Lobster commercial catch statistics, 1950 to present
  • Table of historical fishery data, 1880 to present
    
    

• Commercial Lobster Fishery Management

  • Lobster fishing and dealer license applications and renewals
  • Laws (see Part 9) and regulations (see Chap. 25)
  • ASMFC lobster page - management plans, assessments, press releases, factsheets
  • NMFS lobster page - federal rules, maps of management areas
  • Lobster councils and boards
  • Lobster newsletters
  • Limited entry and apprentice program
  • Summaries of numbers of fishing licenses and trap tags issued
  • Whale entanglement reduction plan rules (ALWTRP)
  • Zone maps
    
    

• Recreational Lobster Fishing

  • Fishing license applications and renewals
  • Summary of non-commercial lobster fishing information
  • Guide to Lobstering in Maine
    
    

• Other Maine Lobster Links

  • Bigelow Lab: New England lobster settlement, and mark-recapture research
  • Casco Bay Navigation Safety Zones and Buoy-Free Areas
  • Downeast Lobstermen's Association
  • Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
  • Lobster Conservancy
  • Maine Lobstermen's Association
  • Maine Lobster Promotion Council (Recipes, where to buy, more)
  • University of Maine, Lobster Institute

General  Lobster  Info

• All About Lobsters and
  How to Eat Lobsters c/o Gulf of Maine Aquarium/ Research Inst.
• Lobster info for students and teachers
• Cool colored lobsters
• The Maine lobster specialty license plate
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Maine  Lobster  Fishery

• Catching Lobsters c/o Gulf of Maine Research Inst.
• Lobstering History and History of Lobster Boats c/o Gulf of Maine Aquarium/Research Inst.
• Guide to Lobstering in Maine

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