The proposal would set aside $1 million per year for the next two fiscal years.
Lobster and crab fishermen face the prospect of tough new rules designed to protect vanishing North Atlantic right whales. The rules would require harvesters to use new kinds of gear, and change when and where they can fish.
Democratic Sen. Eloise Vitelli of Arrowsic proposed a bill that would create a “lobster innovation fund” to pay lobster fishing license holders to test new fishing technologies. The Maine Legislature’s marine resources committee unanimously approved the proposal, which now goes the full Legislature.Maine officials and members of the lobster industry are also challenging the new fishing rules in court.
“The fight against these regulations continues. In the meantime, this bill will make sure we’re prepared for whatever changes still await us,” Vitelli said.
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