Daily Archives: January 10, 2025
New lobster minimum catch sizes could lead to industry change, Golden reacts DMR decision
A potential change to the lobster industry would impact the allowable lobster catch size. Dozens of lobstermen who do not support the change spoke out at a Department of Marine Resources public hearing in Augusta on Thursday night. The public hearing discussed a proposal that would change the minimum allowable catch size for lobsters from 3 1/4 inches to 3 5/16 inches. A change of 1/16 of an inch may seem small, but to fishermen, it’s a big deal. “It’s our livelihoods you’re messing with,” lobsterman Wayne Delano said. “The question here is not will lobstermen and processors go out of business because of this increase, but rather how many will be put out of business because of this increase,” said Dustin Delano, lobsterman and chief operating officer at the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:35
Oak Island’s Hisler family endures Gulf Coast fishing trials
I had the pleasure of visiting with George William “Bill” Hisler of Oak Island and his son, George Hisler, both involved in the fishing industry of Oak Island, Texas. Bill is the grandson of George W. Hisler and Lois Gertrude Gregory. Lois was the granddaughter of John Thomas and Jerusha Watson of Chambers County. During the early 1900s, John Watson operated a schooner between Galveston and Lake Charlotte. In 1926, at the tender age of 14, Lois married George W. Hisler, who was 36 years her senior. She moved to the Pelly oilfield, where George had lived since 1906. Together, George and Lois had one daughter, Thelma Louise, and three sons, Robert, Billy Gene, and Johnny. George died in 1946, leaving Lois a widow at the age of 34 to raise their four children. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:50
