'We have no market, but lots of lobsters': a Maine lobsterwoman fights for her livelihood
by Megan Mayhew Bergman from Environment | The Guardian on (#5628D)
The fishery is buffeted by the climate crisis and other problems but the coronavirus pandemic has opened a new front
If I'm not fishing, I'm working on gear or my boat. Or meetings involving fishing. It's what I eat, sleep and breathe," lobsterwoman Julie Eaton tells me.
Eaton lives on Deer Isle, and fishes Penobscot Bay - a deep blue inlet of the Gulf of Maine, dotted by working waterfronts, rocky islands, wooden schooners and lobster buoys. I ask her what it's like to start lobster season.
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