I worked for a lobsterman I college. We worked from 5 am to 7\8 pm six days a week. Each day we hauled 500 traps (a total of 1500 traps). What a beautiful office we had with great memories.
@ I worked during the summer (my school was in Missouri and my family lived in Maine). I started in early May and it was freezing. The lobsterman worked offshore back then and the lobstering was great (very hard work and rough seas). We had a hurricane that summer.
My father was a lobsterman. He got up every morning at four and came home every night stinking of brine! He sent me through law school with the lobsters he caught!
Jacob Knowles is a channel on YT & a lobsterman from Maine who shows interesting things about catching lobsters in Maine. His co-op is partnered with Luke's, who are famous for selling lobster. He explains a range of things from sustainability, bait catching (where they used to have to buy their bait), the different traps and how they work, the amount of time & effort, equipment etc. Never thought I would learn about this from Melb, Australia
@cwg73160 Say, do you think this could be a post just aimed at driving traffic to that UA-cam channel? The guy seems very nice. But it can't be some money-hole pet project. I hope he treats his front-line employees well given how great they are at their jobs. But he owns many restaurants in addition to this business. I can't believe he doesn't finance expenditures. Holding an asset that perpetually is a loss is a red flag. He's likely particianed the entities in some way under GAAP to reduce a tax burden.
Lobster fishermen and the ones who cultivate clams and oysters are some of the most conscientious out there. They both guard and protect their fishing grounds. Not just from poachers but also in ensuring nothing comes in that would negatively affect the water quality.
People hate on regulatory systems but without them lobster fishermen and others will absolutely deplete stocks to unsustainable levels. Not because they're bad people, because of the Tragedy of the Commons.
I am certain they are not really concerned about the environment and the animals if they were they would not be doing what they are doing. What I am also certain about is just like every other company they are only interested in profit.
Diversify the food chain? What is that, evolve more species? Almost every plant or fruit we eat has been modified by us just so we could. Look how many things we get from the mustard seed alone. Most plants do not wish to be browsed upon so that is why they have chemicals that can be toxic. Herbivores generally don't eat one particular plant species all day and ingest clay to reduce the effects. We have reduced the majority of the wild mammalian species by half since 1970 so it would be irresponsible to attempt to domestic another species. Perhaps you mean people could eat things they normally don't because of their culture.
he says "i'd rather be here than being stuck in an office somewhere" said nobody ever. i'd rather be in an office. 9 to 5, and guaranteed a salary. if you are not feeling well, you can take a paid sick day, or just slack off for the day if you are not feeling well. he's not guaranteed anything once he over fishes the lobster and it's all gone. and it's all outdoors, rain, sleet or bitter cold. no thanks. and if there's a storm, you dont get paid that day.
My buddy was a fisherman, not lobster. He switched over to seaweed, kelp and has built a business called Vitaman Sea seaweed. He washes, dries, cuts and sells.
I have mad respect for people that farm or fish food for others. It's admirable and usually an incredibly difficult job that takes a long time to do even longer to master.
Yeah. Exploiting an entire population of animals to sell it as trendy meat that most people can't even afford. With its individuals struggling to grow to sizes they were commonly found at 5 years ago. Noble and selfless work isn't it.
I hereby bequeath any lobster within my reach to you. My mom was from Maine and we vacationed there. I ate tuna salad sandwiches…just do not like them. Crab or Copper River salmon, oh yes…
That large, almost round "knuckle" meat is the absolute BEST part of the lobster !! There's not a lot of it but it is incredibly moist, tender, sweet and flaky !! Twice as good as the tail meat for sure.
I grew up in CT and I will say, admittedly that Maine lobster is deff the best. We had a few traps in Long Island Sound and there is a difference for sure
My family and I live on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada and my grandfather's and father worked in the fishing industry. When my parents (who are in their 60's now) were younger and ate lobsters, they would bury the shells in the garden so people didn't know they had eaten some. They weren't poor (nor rich), but the stigma was still around 50-ish years ago.
its good that you explained that the movement of lobsters center of mass isnt due to migration or something as it may sound but because the population in those areas collapsed and the balance shifted north
I wanted to pick on your $1Bil attention grabbing title at first (cause that's retail, not fisherman's cut), but I must say by the end I finally subscribed. Seen many of your videos and this one is close to home and very on point. very nice work. hope those lobsters stick around the Gulf of Maine for a long time.
i really would be so sad if lobsters ever stopped being a maine mascot (right up there with moose and pinecones) 😭 they sit in tanks at hannaford and sell keychains in bar harbor and advertise restaurant and so much elses, i really love the little mustached guys ❤
@ArielK1987 it is very weird how fast it went from trash to luxury. Also how it doesn't drop in price much at all if ever. Usually only rises or stays flat.
you can dry and salt the seaweed too, it becomes garnish in place of basel / lettuce / garlic, for example top off fries for extra nutrition and flavor
Here's the thing, we used to fish the local streams & waters for Crayfish. And @ times that's all we had to live off. Now we've been priced out of the market ? 🤔 I'm a Micmac; we used to make potato pasties... 😋
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that's a ripoff considering how much cheaper you can get the same locally sourced lobsters overseas. your $45 lobster roll costs $15~$20 overseas after currency conversion. It would make sense for the cost of lobsters to go down significantly the nearer it is to the source but apparently that is not the case. 'freshness' does not play a factor too because lobster meat deteriorates too quickly and they are much better/valuable live.
@@BxBxProductionsto be fair bro canada specifically is a ripoff. A lot of their stuff a ripoff 😂 its a facadd country nowhere near as powerful as usa russia china india
I don't know the first thing about Lobsters but in my mind I'd be a bait fisherman. Catching a bunch of junk fish with nets. Probably not super profitable, but also lower overhead.
The crazy thing is it feels like if those restrictions hadn't been in place for so long that people just accept it as good wisdom, that it might well be pretty hard to implement practically today. We do so hate restrictions on business...
Same very same pattern in Canada Small processors were wiped out but lots of regulations and whatever federal could come out with Of course provincial agencies were not far behind
I worked out of Gloucester Mass as a teenager in the 70's, and later in 2008 out of Boothbay, Maine, with my brother in law. It's hard work, with constant costs (Fuel, bait, license fees for each trap, & labor) , and varying results. Being on the water doing work like this has a certain joy, it's hard to imagine, but it's a form of fun. Blaming the lobstermen for "Putting all their eggs in one basket" is ridiculous...The boats, gear, and techniques are unique, and it isn't easy to convert from one form of fishing to another. Most lobstermen are just getting along, few are making a lot of money.
Yeah um sure it's not the million boats out there finishing them up for the huge demand for lobster and lobster following their food source. It's definitely the .25 degree rise in water temperatures
Did the warming water shift the lobster north, or was if fishing pressure? Actually how much did the water warm? Do we know for certain that lobster are so vulnerable to water temp?
Cod and other benthic fish are one of the main predators of lobster eggs and baby lobsters, so the over-fishing of cod in the area has also had a positive effect on the number of lobsters making it to maturity.
Born in Maine and only ever lived here, it's so silly to see people over exhaust their own resources and be surprised when they're getting low. Gentlemen here pulled 300 traps in one day, and that's a normal day. Do that for 7 months out of the year, for 40 years~oh wait that's just a single boat though. With 5k-8k registered lobster fisherman that's equivalent of 1,500,000 lobster traps PER DAY PULLED based on this individuals number alone across the state. 1.5m x 200 days in a season is 300,000,000 also known as three hundred million traps checked and pulled in one year. 14610 days is 40 years; this gentlemen alone has pulled up 4 million lobster traps by this very quick rough approximation. But the lobster industry based on that is 21 billion lobsters harvested in the last 4 decades off the coast of solely maine alone.. Seems like a decline is inevitable.
Well, depending on how you did your maths, it's a bit off. And I don't mean that in any way to be mean about it. From my understanding of your maths, you're counting 1 lobster trap=lobster caught(and possibly kept), which is not how it works. Each trap can hold several to well over a dozen lobster each. But not every trap will have a catch, and not every trap has keepers. It's really a tough thing to break down with minimal information/statistics, like what we have from this video alone. The thing is, Maine has some GREAT conservation policies in place to keep the population in good standing. Such as what's allowed to be kept via size and if the females are Eggers. If caught with under/oversized or Eggers, that's a major violation and risk for their license, which thankfully the majority of Lobstermen abide by and support fully. Of course there are bad actors everywhere, and some won't follow the conservation policies/etc, and hopefully they all will get what's coming to them. The Maine Lobster/Northern Atlantic lobster population is pretty robust and complex. Especially when you pay attention to the migration patterns of the ones that get tagged. With some traveling hundreds of miles in a "short" period of time. Although Maine has great policies to help the lobster population, I have heard Canada doesn't have ones that are as good.... they allow lobsters to be kept that are smaller than what Maine allows. Which has caused some issues throughout the industry beyond the lobstermen. The lobster dealers/distributors/etc that import from Canadian lobstermen wanted to be allowed to import those "undersized"(by Maine standards) lobsters, and fought for it, while the Maine Lobster men fought against it; and ultimately won. That decision had to be clarified recently...but ultimately was affirmed, for the best. There are certain "triggers" in place if the population of "young" lobsters show a decline of about 35%, which will increase the gauge for what is defined as a keeper. As of right now, January 1, 2025, it'll increase by 1/16th of an inch to be 3 5/16th inches as the minimum for them to be keepers. That's only for Maine/US lobstermen, as far as I know currently Canada hasn't joined us with that still. One of the good things about lobsters is they don't "die" of old age, essentially. If they could continue growing, they'd be "immortal" for lack of scientific words/knowledge of the term rofl. They usually eventually do die from "natural" causes once they are very old(several decades if not about a century old); shell rot, decrease in movement ability/"arthritis"(I'm sure there is a scientific term for that as well), not having the "strength" the shed the old shell for their new one, etc. Once they reach a good size, they don't have many predators, which is a good thing, including respectable humans due to the gauge limits. The bigger lobster are great breeders, and that's why we have the limits for how big they can get before they become off limits. And of course if they're too small, that's not giving those young ones a chance to grow up to start breeding themselves. As for females, if they are proven to have the ability to carry eggs, they can't be kept either. If a lobsterboat is found with an egger or is reported for trying to pass one off to a buyer, that's a BIG no no. If Canada would join us in our efforts to keep lobsterfishing sustainable, it would be a major help in keeping the population steady if not growing. As of right now, it's not "in danger" for us. But that doesn't mean things can't be done better, on both sides of the border. But all in all, I think Maine/US have been doing great things for conservation and sustainability of lobsters for a while now, and it doesn't look like that will be stopping anytime soon.
@@WhyDoYouWantMyNameQuestionMark To start with your first point this is why I never recieted a total amount of lobsters caught rather instead I referenced pots pulled, I'm sure an average of lobsters per trap can be determined with enough extra details. Some may have none while the next may have 8. Civilization always tends to exhaust its resources with time, there is a reason a lot of the world record fish and other aquatic animals have not been broken in near 100 years. Look at our past history of extinct land mammals for instance, we don't know how fragile things are til it's too late and they reach a point that reproduction does not keep up with the harvesting of animals. To say the population of lobsters is better than 100 years ago for instance would be hyperbole.
Rather than turning the shells into fertilizer, I think they should return that material back to the ocean so those nutrients are available for the next generation of lobsters.
It is amazing no one ever took the initiative to farm the Maine lobsters. Generation after generation the fishermen in Maine only know catching wild lobsters with diminishing yields.
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is the solution to this problem. OTEC converts the heat in the ocean surface into electricity. OTEC will simotaniously maintain pre-industrial ocean temperature and generate carbon neutral electricity.
- *Unfortunately,* Canada traps the Maine lobsters that venture there, they take and sell the oversized males that aren't able to be kept in The United States. They also take oversized females with punch tails. Those are mostly sold to high end restaurants in Florida or NY. The rest, they sell to Asia. That is a big issue why these days are less & less & less. 💔
Ryancroon, a Maine lobster was caught in Maine's waters. I do know Canadian lobstermen can take oversized (for the US) lobsters as there is no upper size limit there. I've seen them. I am not aware that they can take oversized notched females ... I somewhat doubt that. And hope this is not so. There are so many more eggs a large female can potentially carry, due to her size.
'The proof is in the pudding...' Noooooo, modern America - The proof of the pudding is in the eating', which makes sense. _Great_ feature - informative, beautifully photographed and scripted, and unbeatably lucid.
I spent 10 years Urchin diving in Maine in the 2000s It was over fished exp in Casco Bay and southward. That was a job for tough young men because scuba diving all day in February isn't for the weak hearted. Kelp is the sea urchins favorite food and Casco Bays natural Kelp made big short haired eggs it was the best on the Coast
- I've ate there 3 years ago. 11:09 .. I ended up with a soft shell lobster, it had green gunk all in it, hardly any meat. I believe it was over $74. 🙄
I worked for a lobsterman I college. We worked from 5 am to 7\8 pm six days a week. Each day we hauled 500 traps (a total of 1500 traps). What a beautiful office we had with great memories.
When were you able to do classes?
@ I worked during the summer (my school was in Missouri and my family lived in Maine). I started in early May and it was freezing. The lobsterman worked offshore back then and the lobstering was great (very hard work and rough seas). We had a hurricane that summer.
I live on the coast of Maine now and have lived here for 42 years.
Did he turn around when you saw the pier? Mine did.
500 times 6 isn't 1500 - no wonder you fish for a living - sure can't add
My father was a lobsterman. He got up every morning at four and came home every night stinking of brine! He sent me through law school with the lobsters he caught!
W dad
W dad
Stealing lines from Seinfeld. 🤣
Giddy up
What law school allows tuition to be paid in lobsters?
Jacob Knowles is a channel on YT & a lobsterman from Maine who shows interesting things about catching lobsters in Maine. His co-op is partnered with Luke's, who are famous for selling lobster. He explains a range of things from sustainability, bait catching (where they used to have to buy their bait), the different traps and how they work, the amount of time & effort, equipment etc. Never thought I would learn about this from Melb, Australia
It’s 2024. You really shouldn’t be surprised about the internet. It’s been a thing for more than a couple of years.
Jacob's channel is awesome.
@cwg73160 Say, do you think this could be a post just aimed at driving traffic to that UA-cam channel?
The guy seems very nice. But it can't be some money-hole pet project. I hope he treats his front-line employees well given how great they are at their jobs. But he owns many restaurants in addition to this business. I can't believe he doesn't finance expenditures. Holding an asset that perpetually is a loss is a red flag. He's likely particianed the entities in some way under GAAP to reduce a tax burden.
Thanks for the tip. I just found Jacob's channel & watched his foray to NYC to eat lobster. And subbed!
Love me some Jacob Knowles on a Saturday morning, its like morning cartoons for a 30 year old lmao
Lobster fishermen and the ones who cultivate clams and oysters are some of the most conscientious out there. They both guard and protect their fishing grounds. Not just from poachers but also in ensuring nothing comes in that would negatively affect the water quality.
Lobster fishermen? if they're not catching fish wouldn't they be called lobstermen 🦞
@@coolbeans7349 Lobstermen would be men who are lobsters, lobster fishermen is correct.
or you could not and then you are really conscientious
People hate on regulatory systems but without them lobster fishermen and others will absolutely deplete stocks to unsustainable levels. Not because they're bad people, because of the Tragedy of the Commons.
I am certain they are not really concerned about the environment and the animals if they were they would not be doing what they are doing. What I am also certain about is just like every other company they are only interested in profit.
I told my kids WalMart used to have live lobsters crawling around in a tank. They looked at me like I was crazy 😂
They still do don't they? The local big box food stores do but my local WalMart isn't a supercentre.
@@ambeegaming76 No, things changed when America went "woke."
@@youMatterItDoesGetBetter How is having lobster in a fish tank at the grocery store "woke"? Stop.
@@nicob2063 We can't have those poor animals sitting there, waiting for their end to come in view of the public... I miss the 90s.
@@youMatterItDoesGetBetter That's not "woke".
love the idea of diversifying the food chain a bit more, will help us in the face of extreme events
Diversify the food chain? What is that, evolve more species? Almost every plant or fruit we eat has been modified by us just so we could. Look how many things we get from the mustard seed alone. Most plants do not wish to be browsed upon so that is why they have chemicals that can be toxic. Herbivores generally don't eat one particular plant species all day and ingest clay to reduce the effects. We have reduced the majority of the wild mammalian species by half since 1970 so it would be irresponsible to attempt to domestic another species.
Perhaps you mean people could eat things they normally don't because of their culture.
he says "i'd rather be here than being stuck in an office somewhere" said nobody ever. i'd rather be in an office. 9 to 5, and guaranteed a salary. if you are not feeling well, you can take a paid sick day, or just slack off for the day if you are not feeling well. he's not guaranteed anything once he over fishes the lobster and it's all gone. and it's all outdoors, rain, sleet or bitter cold. no thanks. and if there's a storm, you dont get paid that day.
My buddy was a fisherman, not lobster. He switched over to seaweed, kelp and has built a business called Vitaman Sea seaweed. He washes, dries, cuts and sells.
Tom?
@@BDarling33feels like the scene from Forrest Gump lmao we was sitting next to the master planner the whole time ! 😂😂😂
I have mad respect for people that farm or fish food for others. It's admirable and usually an incredibly difficult job that takes a long time to do even longer to master.
And it doesnt pay nearly as well as it should, unless its a giant company, there arent any fishermen or farmers out there making a killing
@@michiganmafia Some Maine lobstermen can make 30-50k in a single week
Yeah. Exploiting an entire population of animals to sell it as trendy meat that most people can't even afford.
With its individuals struggling to grow to sizes they were commonly found at 5 years ago.
Noble and selfless work isn't it.
Really? It didn't seem like it took long to me. Those brothers went out on the father at 5 and were done by noon. Seems like a pretty good day to me.
Lobster, chicken wings, Bbq, and now, oxtails. Damn, we (working class)can't keep anything. 🤔🤦🏾♂️🤣
If women like it it’s going up in price jack😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brisket and bacon used to be poor man's food as well.
Skirt steak, ribs (boneless pork loin is cheaper than spare ribs).
Yal got hotdogs and bologna still
I hereby bequeath any lobster within my reach to you. My mom was from Maine and we vacationed there. I ate tuna salad sandwiches…just do not like them. Crab or Copper River salmon, oh yes…
That large, almost round "knuckle" meat is the absolute BEST part of the lobster !! There's not a lot of it but it is incredibly moist, tender, sweet and flaky !! Twice as good as the tail meat for sure.
Lobster is incredibly yummy and worth every dime i have spent over the years. It's one of those few things i don't ever get tired of.
I grew up in CT and I will say, admittedly that Maine lobster is deff the best. We had a few traps in Long Island Sound and there is a difference for sure
Did you know ? There is more coastline in Maine than there is in California? It’s amazing the marine life there
@@carlitojackson247 is Maine's coastline just super folded like a brain or something?
@@defeatSpace coastline paradox
@@carlitojackson247rich people know
@@carlitojackson247You’re not using that piece of trivia correctly. Good for you, though.
That is great that there are people out there that think differently.
My family and I live on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, Canada and my grandfather's and father worked in the fishing industry.
When my parents (who are in their 60's now) were younger and ate lobsters, they would bury the shells in the garden so people didn't know they had eaten some. They weren't poor (nor rich), but the stigma was still around 50-ish years ago.
its good that you explained that the movement of lobsters center of mass isnt due to migration or something as it may sound
but because the population in those areas collapsed and the balance shifted north
I wanted to pick on your $1Bil attention grabbing title at first (cause that's retail, not fisherman's cut), but I must say by the end I finally subscribed. Seen many of your videos and this one is close to home and very on point. very nice work. hope those lobsters stick around the Gulf of Maine for a long time.
i really would be so sad if lobsters ever stopped being a maine mascot (right up there with moose and pinecones) 😭 they sit in tanks at hannaford and sell keychains in bar harbor and advertise restaurant and so much elses, i really love the little mustached guys ❤
I don't believe they use this stunner for each lobster when no camera man is around.
I was about to say. The reason they didn’t show them the stunner is cause they either don’t have one or don’t use one.
Knowing that at one point lobsters were one prison food. And now it's somewhat of a luxury food.
They banned that because inmates would get scurvy from a lack of protein. FYI for any comment surfers.
@ArielK1987 it is very weird how fast it went from trash to luxury. Also how it doesn't drop in price much at all if ever. Usually only rises or stays flat.
Similar in the UK with Salmon, used to fill our rivers and was peasant food. It's twice as expensive as Maine Lobster per pound
@@JewShadyscurvy is from lack of vitamin C, lol
@@JewShady scurvy is derived from a lack of Vitamin C. Seafood is full of protein. Where did you source your baseless claims from?
Glad to see these guys have kelp season during the off season. I love lobster and seafood, and these guys catch my goodies lol
you can dry and salt the seaweed too, it becomes garnish in place of basel / lettuce / garlic, for example top off fries for extra nutrition and flavor
Here's the thing, we used to fish the local streams & waters for Crayfish. And @ times that's all we had to live off. Now we've been priced out of the market ? 🤔 I'm a Micmac; we used to make potato pasties... 😋
I meant to say Potato Patties made from crustations a. miriqua; a good hot Cast Iron Pan ??? 🤔 Maybe a bit of Old Bay seasoning
Really comprehensive video!
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Theres a Long Island in Maine?! I live on Long Island NY. Lol. Didn't know that
I live in Atlantic Canada and when I tell you I've paid 45$ for a lobster roll.... no regrets.
Bend over pal
that's a ripoff considering how much cheaper you can get the same locally sourced lobsters overseas. your $45 lobster roll costs $15~$20 overseas after currency conversion. It would make sense for the cost of lobsters to go down significantly the nearer it is to the source but apparently that is not the case. 'freshness' does not play a factor too because lobster meat deteriorates too quickly and they are much better/valuable live.
Spanish langosta is an entirely different market than Maine lobster
@@BxBxProductionsto be fair bro canada specifically is a ripoff. A lot of their stuff a ripoff 😂 its a facadd country nowhere near as powerful as usa russia china india
lmfao you got scammed and is proud of it.. what an idiot
Kudos to Luke's Lobster for dispatching the lobsters humanely.
I lived around the corner from the first Luke's Lobster when they opened :D
Never tried lobster before would be a experience trying lobster for the first time.
where do you live
Cool job❗️
saying every dollar you made came from that specific area is a flex
Y'all produce some interesting and informative videos. Kudos!
Great job!
As the Lobsters go North, the INDUSTRY will MOVE NORTH. Problem SOLVED
Think how many lobsters if not trapped would be in ocean
What I was thinking..
Good for her with the kelp. Great product
I don't know the first thing about Lobsters but in my mind I'd be a bait fisherman. Catching a bunch of junk fish with nets. Probably not super profitable, but also lower overhead.
I remember back in the summer of 04 I would stay up all night farming lobsters in RuneScape
Excellent documentary
at 4:35 the sounds for the dots on the map are from Terraria(mana/life crystals), based editors
The crazy thing is it feels like if those restrictions hadn't been in place for so long that people just accept it as good wisdom, that it might well be pretty hard to implement practically today. We do so hate restrictions on business...
- 1:11 I've met that man with glasses with my family in Maine. 😊
12:48 Money trickling upwards! A real life example of how that works.
Here in Hawaii we have limited koho. How marvelous to here about madness diversification. Anyone ever had lobster souffle
Thank you for this very informative video. I lobster in Nova Scotia. Lobster are in a major decline here. Beware the poacher also.
Center of the Universe is in Waterloo Indiana a friend told me that years ago. 😊
Same very same pattern in Canada Small processors were wiped out but lots of regulations and whatever federal could come out with Of course provincial agencies were not far behind
I worked out of Gloucester Mass as a teenager in the 70's, and later in 2008 out of Boothbay, Maine, with my brother in law. It's hard work, with constant costs (Fuel, bait, license fees for each trap, & labor) , and varying results. Being on the water doing work like this has a certain joy, it's hard to imagine, but it's a form of fun. Blaming the lobstermen for "Putting all their eggs in one basket" is ridiculous...The boats, gear, and techniques are unique, and it isn't easy to convert from one form of fishing to another. Most lobstermen are just getting along, few are making a lot of money.
4:00 bro said the real thing
Yes, when the ocean warms up over there 😂
Is it water temperature or over fishing 🤔🤔
Its water temperature.
Or food?
Yeah um sure it's not the million boats out there finishing them up for the huge demand for lobster and lobster following their food source. It's definitely the .25 degree rise in water temperatures
Over fishing.
The fishermen work very hard!! Moreover, I also love eating lobster.
4:46 the terraria sounds!!!
Wow, nothing goes to waste. Impressive.
Did the warming water shift the lobster north, or was if fishing pressure? Actually how much did the water warm? Do we know for certain that lobster are so vulnerable to water temp?
Cod and other benthic fish are one of the main predators of lobster eggs and baby lobsters, so the over-fishing of cod in the area has also had a positive effect on the number of lobsters making it to maturity.
Maybe its not the temp butvthey are evolving to get away from the humans
Kelp tastes like crunchy plump seaweed. The good ones are crunchy anyways. Sometimes u can get soft slimy ones
That lobster roll is delish. It's the mix of butter and garlic and seafood.
I heard the same story 20 years ago😂😊
How does open waterways affect these plantations of kelp? Can I drive my boat over that area?
Explore Maine’s $1 billion lobster industry, its economic impact, and the challenges threatening its sustainability and future.
so it's a worming climate not the overshipping that has the blame?
They both guard and protect their fishing grounds.
Long Island Maine! the way life should be
i'm putting all my eggs into two baskets now thanks to this video!
Yeah. It's the temperature. Couldn't be all the fishing or anything!
Since you’re measuring volume based on market price, we have no idea if it’s a risk 🤷🏿♂️
Is that just 1 lobster at $1B!? 😂
Lobster and oysters used to be peasant food in the UK,nowadays the working class could probably not afford either.
Would love to see the aquacultured mussels make a comeback in Maine. Also, this completely missed the right whale risk factor.
Born in Maine and only ever lived here, it's so silly to see people over exhaust their own resources and be surprised when they're getting low.
Gentlemen here pulled 300 traps in one day, and that's a normal day.
Do that for 7 months out of the year, for 40 years~oh wait that's just a single boat though.
With 5k-8k registered lobster fisherman that's equivalent of 1,500,000 lobster traps PER DAY PULLED based on this individuals number alone across the state.
1.5m x 200 days in a season is 300,000,000 also known as three hundred million traps checked and pulled in one year.
14610 days is 40 years; this gentlemen alone has pulled up 4 million lobster traps by this very quick rough approximation. But the lobster industry based on that is 21 billion lobsters harvested in the last 4 decades off the coast of solely maine alone.. Seems like a decline is inevitable.
Well, depending on how you did your maths, it's a bit off. And I don't mean that in any way to be mean about it. From my understanding of your maths, you're counting 1 lobster trap=lobster caught(and possibly kept), which is not how it works. Each trap can hold several to well over a dozen lobster each. But not every trap will have a catch, and not every trap has keepers. It's really a tough thing to break down with minimal information/statistics, like what we have from this video alone.
The thing is, Maine has some GREAT conservation policies in place to keep the population in good standing. Such as what's allowed to be kept via size and if the females are Eggers. If caught with under/oversized or Eggers, that's a major violation and risk for their license, which thankfully the majority of Lobstermen abide by and support fully. Of course there are bad actors everywhere, and some won't follow the conservation policies/etc, and hopefully they all will get what's coming to them.
The Maine Lobster/Northern Atlantic lobster population is pretty robust and complex. Especially when you pay attention to the migration patterns of the ones that get tagged. With some traveling hundreds of miles in a "short" period of time.
Although Maine has great policies to help the lobster population, I have heard Canada doesn't have ones that are as good.... they allow lobsters to be kept that are smaller than what Maine allows. Which has caused some issues throughout the industry beyond the lobstermen. The lobster dealers/distributors/etc that import from Canadian lobstermen wanted to be allowed to import those "undersized"(by Maine standards) lobsters, and fought for it, while the Maine Lobster men fought against it; and ultimately won. That decision had to be clarified recently...but ultimately was affirmed, for the best.
There are certain "triggers" in place if the population of "young" lobsters show a decline of about 35%, which will increase the gauge for what is defined as a keeper. As of right now, January 1, 2025, it'll increase by 1/16th of an inch to be 3 5/16th inches as the minimum for them to be keepers. That's only for Maine/US lobstermen, as far as I know currently Canada hasn't joined us with that still.
One of the good things about lobsters is they don't "die" of old age, essentially. If they could continue growing, they'd be "immortal" for lack of scientific words/knowledge of the term rofl. They usually eventually do die from "natural" causes once they are very old(several decades if not about a century old); shell rot, decrease in movement ability/"arthritis"(I'm sure there is a scientific term for that as well), not having the "strength" the shed the old shell for their new one, etc. Once they reach a good size, they don't have many predators, which is a good thing, including respectable humans due to the gauge limits. The bigger lobster are great breeders, and that's why we have the limits for how big they can get before they become off limits. And of course if they're too small, that's not giving those young ones a chance to grow up to start breeding themselves. As for females, if they are proven to have the ability to carry eggs, they can't be kept either. If a lobsterboat is found with an egger or is reported for trying to pass one off to a buyer, that's a BIG no no.
If Canada would join us in our efforts to keep lobsterfishing sustainable, it would be a major help in keeping the population steady if not growing. As of right now, it's not "in danger" for us. But that doesn't mean things can't be done better, on both sides of the border. But all in all, I think Maine/US have been doing great things for conservation and sustainability of lobsters for a while now, and it doesn't look like that will be stopping anytime soon.
@@WhyDoYouWantMyNameQuestionMark To start with your first point this is why I never recieted a total amount of lobsters caught rather instead I referenced pots pulled, I'm sure an average of lobsters per trap can be determined with enough extra details. Some may have none while the next may have 8.
Civilization always tends to exhaust its resources with time, there is a reason a lot of the world record fish and other aquatic animals have not been broken in near 100 years.
Look at our past history of extinct land mammals for instance, we don't know how fragile things are til it's too late and they reach a point that reproduction does not keep up with the harvesting of animals.
To say the population of lobsters is better than 100 years ago for instance would be hyperbole.
In Massachusetts lobsters cost $9.99 a pound, and we will cook them for Christmas..
Rather than turning the shells into fertilizer, I think they should return that material back to the ocean so those nutrients are available for the next generation of lobsters.
oh another mandatory global warming religion story
Fascinating!
The yankee lobster industry is halloween size compared to the Canadian one. Same with the maple syrup indusrty.
The baked in subtitles for the accent is absolutely sending me into giggles.
This video ALMOST made me belive there is no black market for lobsters and their precious eggs,
Ahhhh... the delicious roach of the sea 😅
Shrimp
Lobster
And
Crabs 😅
Oh oh!!! I just realized that this is the same Luke's Lobster here in Singapore!!!
Didn't know they were in SG! I live in the US now and they're great
@ijchua Yes, I believe that they first opened up here before the pandemic.
@@waisinglee1509 will check them out when I'm back for CNY!
We have one in Toronto 😂I didn’t even know I’m go soon
Waters have been warming and cooling for thousands of years!
Mr. Tibbets knows lobsters but way more about a clam!!!!
Lobster used to fed to prisoner becuase they are like cockroaches in the sea. They have so. Any in the sea
Were the subtitles really necessary for the New England guys? 😂
It is amazing no one ever took the initiative to farm the Maine lobsters. Generation after generation the fishermen in Maine only know catching wild lobsters with diminishing yields.
Farming lobsters is nearly impossible for mutiple reasons. Lobster supply is high even with high demand. But global warming risks it's population
wild caught isnt as good....for any seafood. u pay more for wild vs farm raised
It's crazy that Lobster was once served to inmates 🤯
Lobsters are people not food
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is the solution to this problem. OTEC converts the heat in the ocean surface into electricity. OTEC will simotaniously maintain pre-industrial ocean temperature and generate carbon neutral electricity.
Waters get hotter? Nonsense
god i love maine. glad i moved here
If you boil them in cold water they stay blue.
Farm kelp, yeah!
- *Unfortunately,* Canada traps the Maine lobsters that venture there, they take and sell the oversized males that aren't able to be kept in The United States. They also take oversized females with punch tails. Those are mostly sold to high end restaurants in Florida or NY. The rest, they sell to Asia. That is a big issue why these days are less & less & less. 💔
Of course people’s greed always gets in the way of the environment
What is your source and what is a Maine lobster?
Ryancroon, a Maine lobster was caught in Maine's waters.
I do know Canadian lobstermen can take oversized (for the US) lobsters as there is no upper size limit there. I've seen them. I am not aware that they can take oversized notched females ... I somewhat doubt that. And hope this is not so. There are so many more eggs a large female can potentially carry, due to her size.
'The proof is in the pudding...' Noooooo, modern America - The proof of the pudding is in the eating', which makes sense.
_Great_ feature - informative, beautifully photographed and scripted, and unbeatably lucid.
They wouldn’t be Maine lobster when caught in Canadian waters.
Thank you Maine for these tasty morcels.
I spent 10 years Urchin diving in Maine in the 2000s It was over fished exp in Casco Bay and southward.
That was a job for tough young men because scuba diving all day in February isn't for the weak hearted.
Kelp is the sea urchins favorite food and Casco Bays natural Kelp made big short haired eggs it was the best on the Coast
I feel the guy who runs this massive restaurant/processor company is part of the problem 😂
Wow, i never had lobster, i want some
$1 billion dollars a year
is a stupid way to try to describe how many lobsters are being caught.
Especially with inflation the last few years
stupid video aimed at stupid people
I’m gonna ascertain that it’s a lot of lobsters
God bless Maine 'lobstah'men! Ayuh!
- I've ate there 3 years ago. 11:09 .. I ended up with a soft shell lobster, it had green gunk all in it, hardly any meat. I believe it was over $74. 🙄
An entire video on fisheries health and no mention of that oh so mysterious force behind the die offs and warming waters?