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King_O_Walpole t1_iyn25jy wrote

Reply to comment by l3ubba in Maine Dem (Jared Golden) Has Some Words for Biden After He Ordered 200 Lobsters for an Event at the WH by otakugrey

I wish the government would just let it go. Let us (Maine) do what we do, conservation of the lobster and other fisheries.

If climate change kills the industry so be it, don’t let the whales and wind power kill it due to federal regulations for their lobbyists

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Bywater t1_iyn3fz5 wrote

They tried that before, that's why they don't lobster in Long Island Sound anymore. They tried to say it was warming and pesticides, both of which are clearly at play and not a good thing but a couple studies have pointed out it was mostly just overfishing. That is why you see a lot of the hoops our fisherman jump through in play up here and federal oversite as capitalists going to exploit and all that.

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King_O_Walpole t1_iyn5nhk wrote

Dude over fishing of lobster is not a concern at all in Maine

Maine has the best conservation rules in place for any industry.

If overfishing kills the Maine lobster industry it’s because NH and MA allow landing of what Maine considers illegal lobsters, oversized and egg bearing.

The Darling Marine center has proven this.

Climate change will impact where lobsters migrate just like the shrimp! It’s not over fishing in Maine it’s climate change.

No more regulations are needed.

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Bywater t1_iyn7hw7 wrote

> Dude over fishing of lobster is not a concern at all in Maine

Your assessment that "there is no concern" does not match up with the amount of regulation we have. Climate change, if it does actually get to warm for them, will just kill them. They can not survive the lack of O2 at the depths needed to maintain that temp, they won't be migrating anywhere.

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King_O_Walpole t1_iyn8kg0 wrote

There is no concern due to the regulations, which are in place for conservation efforts.

You’re a special kind of soap box warrior.

My families been fishing for over 100years. Lobster, scallops, shrimp, halibut, clams, periwinkles.

I know for a fact I understand the situation better than most, I lived it my entire life. It is in my blood.

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crenk3130 t1_iynbke3 wrote

if that is your attitude towards sustainable harvesting and ocean conservation i’d suggest you teach the next generation of your family a new skill.

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King_O_Walpole t1_iyndwit wrote

I love all you SJW thinking I’m against conservation.

99% of lobsterman are more conservationist than you soapbox preachers.

We follow the rules, even when they are flawed, and voice our opposition against the flawed “models” scientists use.

I’m sorry but I’m not gonna be swayed by a nerd in Oklahoma who stares at a computer all day working for the feds and comes up with “lobster is overfished”. Boots on the ground experience says otherwise.

Are lobsters numbers going down, yes, due to the warming of the gulf of Maine. No rules or regulations will change that.

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l3ubba t1_iyn2f7d wrote

That’d be fine if it didn’t also impact the rest of the country. Maine isn’t some isolated island away from the rest of the world. What happens in one state can impact other states, especially when we are talking about climate change and environmental factors.

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