Ep. 1: Road to Disaster (ft. Voices of Maine Lobstermen)

www.savemainelobstermen.org and lobster207.com/sustainable-ma... are the legal defense funds for Maine Lobstermen.
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In the first installment of this series, we get a bird's-eye view of the current status of Maine's lobster fishery, which is under assault on two fronts. In this episode, we only hear from lobstermen and their advocates. (If you want to hear more of the opposing views of wind lobbyists, just read any given corporate media outlet's coverage of this subject.) Upcoming episodes will bring in additional perspectives...there are a total of 20 different interviews that I conducted in 2021, so you will not want to miss these.
Special thanks to The Lobstermen featured in Episode 1:
Steve Train (Long Island)
Brian Tripp (Sedgwick)
Jason Joyce (Swan's Island)
Virginia Olsen (Stonington, and also representing the Maine Lobstering Union, Lobster 207)
Lobstering Advocates featured in Episode 1:
Patrice McCarron (Maine Lobstermen's Association)
Monique Coombs (Maine Coast Fishermen's Association)

[@rainbowheart_1978]

Big corporations and the money they can make and the politicians that benefit. They don't care about the long term consequences.

[@NoahFred29]

Very well done, very informative. Big Government = Big Money Big Power and the little man continues to get the short stick. Great Job ! Keep it up !!! Hold the Line !!!!

[@TheMaineReset]

Thank you, Noah!

[@TheREALLibertyOrDeath]

Save our working waterfront! Preserve Maines fishing heritage and local sustainable food!

[@robertschilz8028]

thank you...this needs to be heard..well done..❤🦞

[@TheMaineSurveyor]

Thank you for making this film. This is of vital importance to the people of Maine, and all those who benefit from commercial fishing, either directly or indirectly.

[@andreatomlinson3659]

Very well done, way to drive it home with eloquence Monique!! And both lobstermen were so incredibly informative and full of knowledge and foresight. Thanks to all who made this great series possible.

[@TheMaineReset]

Yes, they all did a great job! Thanks for watching, Andrea!

[@YouTube_Professor]

More people need to see this.

[@karenconstantine334]

Thanks for this post… I learned so much by watching this.. and have a new appreciation and respect for all of you!

[@johnvillamil3138]

We are starting to have a problem here in New Jersey. Whales are dying and the windmills are not even fully up yet. What impact will this make on the ecosystem when the windmills are all up? We need to stop this.

[@johnlundvall8911]

Very interesting and educational even if i live in Sweden. But here people also starting to protest against this windmills which on land kills a lot of birds and making life really bad for the people living nearby cause of the sound of them. And your Lobsters are awesome, i have eaten a lot of them in the boatrestaurant here in Stockholm named Patricia. I really hope you win this fight. I think we have to start thinking about how much electricity do we really need, just take the internet and everything around it and the amount of power it needs, the question is do we really need it or can we be without it and instead preserve fishing and other more important things in life.

[@TheMaineReset]

Thanks for watching all the way over in Sweden, John! Yes, you are living right near the epicenter of the wind industry. But I'm glad to hear that you have access to some Maine lobster at your favorite Stockholm restaurant, sounds great! We need more people over here who think the way you do!

[@Mary_Kraensel]

Thank you for doing this series. Having done mild research of my own into Agenda 21/2030, it's clear to me that many such industries will be devastated by design.

[@russelljohnson6131]

You are 100% right. It's on the United Nations webpage. Goal # 14. It's all about total control. Klaus Schwab comes right out and states it. "You will own nothing and be happy". Small businesses of every nature are being put out of business.

[@zackkoble]

Great video. Those old clips of the gentleman fishing with wood traps, looked an awful lot like my great grandfather buster cushman out of port clyde maine.

[@gmma9]

Why is there never ever any mention of using tidal power? Totally predictable, clean etc. You can put turbines in between bridge supports, even on Maine's rivers. Our family has fished Maine waters since the 1600's, it looks like my son will be the last one between the whales and Government they will put them out of business, it will be all over by 2030

[@TheMaineReset]

A great point, Glen! It seems like the big money is in building these floating monstrosities. Here's hoping we will get the word out to enough people that your son will still be fishing through 2030 and beyond.

[@gmma9]

I can only hope, we have been fishing in Maine since the 1679's hate to see it end. Catastrophic for the whole state.

[@mariacambre8971]

A genius can't think of simple solutions, because their heads are in the clouds. Only a simple fisherman can solve a problem like this!!

[@jeromemorris2700]

Great video.

[@therealxunil2]

Honestly, if my choices are save the earth, or save the fishermen, I'm gonna vote for the earth.

[@stewartatwood7271]

It is not about the Right Wales it is about getting the Fishing industry out of Maine waters so Gov. Mills and the Off shore Wind Mills can have the waters off the coast of Maine

[@fixitandfloatit5915]

capecod is just as screwed! wait till they start cutting up the roads too

[@stewartatwood7271]

We need a Gov. who will fight for our Fishermen, We need Rep's in Washington who will help[ stop this madness. Who we have now are not doing anything about it. Vote them all out of office. Get someone who cares!

[@WW-sj7zk]

Another few degrees in water temp and there will be no Lobster to fight over . One season they’ll be there , the next they’re gone.

[@TheMaineReset]

If you can provide any proof to back up that catastrophic forecast, you will be the first. The woman who popularized that unsubstantiated theory, Penny Overton, was shortly thereafter removed by the Portland Press Herald from her post as their lobster reporter. She and her co-authors torched their chances of ever getting another interview from anyone in fishing communities in Maine ever again by drastically contorting the facts to shoehorn their subjects into the desired pre-fab mold for PPH's prestige piece "The Lobster Trap". While the story did get the expected accolades and wide traction by virtue of checking all of the boxes for Climate Journalism Award Bait, the takeaways that were laboriously spoon-fed to the readers carry no credibility for anyone with a shred of tangible expertise on lobsters. Lobsters love warmer water temperatures. It speeds up their reproduction cycle so that they actually reproduce more. As the Gulf of Maine warmed over the last few decades, conditions have only become more favorable for lobsters. It is highly likely that if areas south of Area 1 had employed the strict zero-tolerance conservation measures on protecting the most productive lobsters, lobsters would not have dropped off so much in those regions. But check the numbers, Maine's doing great. For all of the breathless yearning of climate ideologues in Maine to spin the yarn that climate change is threatening Maine's most iconic seafood resource, the inconvenient truth is that lobsters are one species that have been proven to thrive when their habitat is not utterly ice-cold. The cooling water temps of 2022 and 2023 in relation to the previous decade definitely slowed lobsters down a little bit, but the resource is in great shape. We've also got the continued pressure in the grey zone from our neighbors to the north who do not have the same conservation rules as we do, have pushed further and further in and do continue to deplete the Maine-protected brood stock. That challenge is many orders of magnitude more concerning than the recent temperature dip in the Gulf of Maine. (Don't believe me? Take a look at the last decade of Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly data...for much of the past two years, the Gulf of Maine was actually one of the FASTEST-COOLING bodies of water in the world, compared to the peak highs that were achieved during the 2010's, which were banner years for the health of the Maine lobster resource. June and July last summer were crazy cold for GoM water temps, probably because of the enormity of rain. But the water warmed up more to normal by August and the catch picked up.) If we do, as you say, receive a few degrees of warming in the Gulf of Maine in the next season or two, the temperature will once again have returned to the range that we had stellar growth of the population in during the previous decade. There are reasons to be apprehensive about the extent of the warming of the oceans. The availability of the Maine Lobster is not one of them. Ironically, they are one of the species who benefit the most from oceanic warming. If I have seemed excessively snarky in this reply, my apologies. You may have not meant your comment in the way that I presume is likely the correct interpretation of it (which is to use a cartoonish exaggeration of the effects of climate change as a hand-wave dismissing the most immediate and pressing threats to our fisheries, which remain unfounded regulatory overreach from fishery management on the one hand, and a lack of regulatory accountability for certain big businesses in the energy sector that are on the verge of absorbing and polluting our fishing grounds on the other hand). The point you are making is one that I have heard ad nauseum for the last 2+ years, and always from people who do not have even a fraction of the granular info on lobsters OR water temps. If you meant your comment in a more charitable way, then I encourage you to check out a video that will be released this month from the New England Fishermen's Stewardship association in which a couple of scientists address the facts about lobsters and their relationship with warmer water temps in the Gulf of Maine. It's pretty interesting.

[@WW-sj7zk]

Well said and I sure hope you are right. I am a participant in the lobster fishery here on Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick. Our catches have been increasing the last 10 years or so as well. I guess I am just direly afraid of this fishery disappearing because it’s mainly all we have left here. And like you said a lot of it does indeed have to do with our similar conversation methods which have been in place as long as I can remember and certainly since I started fishing . The boats have gotten bigger and so have the payments , fuel, bait, inspections, insurance.. Hate to think what would happen if it all disappeared. Now should we have another conversation about the Gray Zone? Just kidding!!!! Be safe out there. 🇨🇦🦞🇨🇦

[@WW-sj7zk]

I guess my worse case assumption is based on the Crab disappearing out west in the Bering Sea. That and the fact I was completely unaware of the lack of conservation to the south of you guys. Very informative… thks 🇨🇦🦞🇨🇦

[@hopewellsmit7819]

has the been acoustic testing under the water at the shaft under water of the wind turbine while throughout various speeds of wings moving.. how would that effect water life from lobsters to wales etc would there be vibrations at the base into sea/ocean floor various depths , any bottom feeder fish live near their regular habitat . the bird count would be of interest relating to the blades / dry land wind blades do effect the flights ¬!

[@brandonlatham7176]

Is there a NGO associated with this series or with this case? As a commercial fisherman I hate when the government gets involved in a well run fishery. I'm doing a school presentation on NGOs and I would like to research one involved with this cause. If anyone could help me out it would be appreciated!

[@TheMaineReset]

Hey Brandon, if you're asking if an NGO is associated with this KZbin channel? Unfortunately, I'm just a guy. But if you're looking for an NGO that is pro-fishing that you need to do your presentation on, I'd say the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries is a good one that collaborates with fisheries. The Save Right Whales Coalition is an interesting one too, not directly about fishing, but it's about saving right whales from Offshore Wind Developers. I don't know that any of the fishing associations fit under the umbrella of what your school wants for an NGO, probably more like a trade organization so I'm guessing not. But those are two off the top of my head, one in Maine and one in Mass.

[@brandonlatham7176]

@@TheMaineReset Great, I'll give those a look. Thanks for reaching out.

[@andrewpinard6125]

On land the wind turbines need to rent, lease, or own the property. In the the water it's free

[@mfahadaziz5461]

Great video and great efforts . I am looking for harvester or supplier from whom we can buy lobster , we are in toronto ontario .

[@tomhafer6417]

Good video. We are having the same issues off the West Coast. We need to do a documentary too! Are you available?

[@joshwelner1951]

I Used to see news about the west coast but not any more I hate to go down the tin foil hat road but I really think are voice's are being swept under the rug

[@TheMaineReset]

Hey Tom! Sorry to hear that...it's everywhere, right? I'm pretty swamped right now but if you can pull together enough support to fund a project, I'm sure we could help you out. But you might be better off finding someone who lives in your region to save on costs...maybe there are some video production students with access to equipment to whom you could show our format as an example & hire them to pull it off. I'm still in the midst of attempting to raise a budget to complete this project. That's the tricky part, we are just ordinary people without deep pockets, while the wind lobby is very well-bankrolled. But I think that an authentic story done well will outshine slick but phony propaganda, so that's what we're hoping for here anyway.

[@vgahren]

@@joshwelner1951 . . . that’s not tin foil you’re wearin’.

[@mariacambre8971]

I'm not from Maine, but I have spent much time there. I understand how these are not big businesses here but Family owned ones. Anything that people try to preserve with every fiber of their being. And here comes govt and energy companies, they want to make profits and they charge these hard working families tons of money for electric power & heating oil. All that equipment energy companies waste, just like oil companies waste money & like the government waste money. They are always taking it (money), from the little what people make today. It's all about the money!! Not about us people trying just to survive!!!!!! Yep, the devil does come to steal, kill & destroy. KEEP fighting my Northern Maine friends & families. NEVER GIVE UP!!!💔

[@randocalrisian7327]

The Maine lobster fishing industry is the most sustainable fishery in the world because of the fisherman.

[@brinkee7674]

Thank you for talking about this as many deny it or are afraid to. These new energy people are idiots

[@christophereverett5695]

you really want to see what happens to them on the california side they just leve them there until they either catch fire and burn down or they leave them to just fall apart where they stand

[@vgahren]

IMHO, an ENGO is the bottom of the corruptive barrel.

[@TheMaineReset]

You're probably right, I hope some people with real research skills will dig into that. I'm a novice at that kind of stuff.

[@jeremy8715]

That indeed makes them the bad guys, 14:08.

[@xoxthetankler]

They are going to try to do the same thing they did with scalloping, drive the individual out of it. Then stack licenses and permits on big boats owned by companies.

[@AngelissimaASMR]

I can see Maine moving in a more libertarian direction like New Hampshire in the coming years. The government needs to but out. That's my hope at least!

[@kevo8225]

Very good vidio , looking forward to more . I myself come from a long line of fishermen right next door to you very close to swans island . As far as this climate change thing goes , volcanoes going off all over the world , solar flares , things we have no control over what so ever . Things that have bern going on since God created the earth But its all man's fault ? Could any envirormentalist please answer one qeustion , What is the temperature of the earth susposed to be and how did they come up with the answer if they have one .

[@user-dc7mt4nz4m]

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[@cliffpadilla5871]

The government doesn't care about the average joe.

[@lowhydrogen7018a1]

Agenda 2030 Conspiracy?

[@fisherman5845]

The lobster man kicked the ground fisherman out of Maine now the ground fisherman are just about gone now the power company is kicking out he lobster man everyone stabs there neighbor in the back stop crying

[@johngoodell2775]

sorry but this is pure propaganda

[@oceanexploration]

Great quality of production. However, the amount of misinformation in this video is honestly astounding and disturbing. The fear-mongering is disgusting and unproductive for society. As a professional Oceanographer and someone who has spent his entire professional career working towards climate and humanity-improving projects including offshore wind and submarine power transmission, this is completely ass-backward thinking, misleading, and ignorant. The environment, fisheries, fishermen, and job growth are TOP priorities for offshore wind development. Whoever produced this has created a one-sided polarizing piece. No experts or voice from the "other side" of the dialog are presented, just more misinformed anti-wind rhetoric. Golly. Think for yourself and do some actual research. This is pathetic and honestly, upsetting. Why are we working on renewable energy growth? To benefit the environment, people, and their families! Most all Maine Lobster is caught within 12 nautical miles from shore. These offshore wind turbines (not windmills) will be outside of this! Sure, some are venturing out beyond 100 miles, but this is also accounted for. The footprint of floating wind technology doesn't prevent or hurt this form of fishing. This is a NON-ISSUE. We are probably the biggest proponents for Right Whale conservation, monitoring, and protection. Want better fisheries, water quality, more sustainable jobs, and cleaner air? Support offshore wind and renewable development. For info, I grew up going to Maine, love the people, am friends with and advocate of Maine lobstermen, and maintain a house there for over 40 years.

[@TheMaineReset]

Thank you for your comment. My only response for the moment is: I'll be really interested to hear your thoughts on episode 2, which comes out on Friday.

[@oceanexploration]

@@TheMaineReset Looking forward to it.

[@vgahren]

Nice little diatribe ya got there. I appreciate your not trying to pretend you have a balanced viewpoint on the subject.

[@oceanexploration]

@@vgahren Just a well-educated and experienced one thanks, on both sides.

[@TheMaineSurveyor]

@@oceanexploration You claimed that _"The footprint of floating wind technology doesn't prevent or hurt this form of fishing. This is a NON-ISSUE."_ Lobstermen who fish offshore in Zone D might disagree with your claim.

[@TakeNoneForTheTeam]

Problem with a documentary that accepts climate change as man-made, as opposed to natural, is that you lose all credibility. Your side is challenging another side by trying to be thoughtful, when the other side doesn't have to be because their intention isn't what's claimed.