date:May 22, 2014
sure will have an impact on the small number of fishermen who set traps in that area during the summer, Sheila Dassatt said, but it will help send a message to consumers that Maine lobster is harvested sustainably and safe to eat.
If it will protect the entire Maine fishery, then its a small sacrifice, she said.
Mike Dassatt said that not only does he fish in the upper Penobscot Bay, near where the closure has gone into effect, but he helped ferry scientists around the area on his boat when th