New regulations rankle lobstermen

Outer Cape lobster fishermen say that new federal regulations protecting whales don’t just threaten their livelihood, they threaten their lives. “This is the first (lobster) regulation where you will have wholesale civil disobedience,” predicted Orleans lobsterman Steve Smith, while transferring totes of lobsters from his skiff to his pickup truck at Snowshore Landing recently. “People just aren’t going to do it.” Read more here 08:53

One Response to New regulations rankle lobstermen

  1. philips66 says:

    NOAA couldn’t care less that lobstermen will be facing more danger with the new rules. Whales before people makes perfect sense to them.

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