Lobstering

      It's been a lose-lose situation for lobster fishermen and dealers last spring. The low $3.25 per lb. boat price.  For good hard shell lobster this spring left both worried about how low the price might drop when shedders come on the market. This spring the lobster prices were around $3.25 to $3.50 and as low as $2.65.  In some spots in Maine the gear loss has been crazy last year. If a fishermen last a trawls it would cost them $1,000.00 because they could not grapple the trap line because of the new law banning float rope. Which made fishermen use only sink rope. So along with low lobster prices and increase of gear loss the fishermen were hit hard last year and into this spring