The Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts (Foundation), Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Sanctuary)and the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation have partnered together to educate and inform the recreational mariner and the public on the importance of keeping Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the ocean free of marine debris one pailful at a time.  Kickoff event June 22, 2019 More event details here.

The Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts received a financial boost with a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust. This funding will enable Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts to develop a Whale Safer 1,700 lb Red rope project to deploy a whale safer 1,700 lb red rope to reduce the Serious Injury and Mortality to the North Atlantic Right Whale.  Read full press release here. 

Update on Whale Safer 1700lb Red Rope: On September 22, 2020 the Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts mailed out a Red Rope Questionnaire for a mid-project update, to all commercial lobstermen participating in the Whale Safer 1,700 lb Red Rope Project for feedback on the whale safer red rope.

Whale Safer 1700lb. Red Rope Project Update: The Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts has completed the Whale Safer 1700lb. Red Rope Project. Click the link for the final report: Final LFoM Report for MET 4-6-21

The Massachusetts Lobster Foundation in conjunction with the International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association embarked on a small buoyless fishing pilot test project in Cape Cod Bay in the summer of 2018.   More information can be found HERE.                                                     Cape Cod Times article. 

Watch the MA Division of Marine Fisheries, Woods Hole Sea Grant, National Fish and Wildlife and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association video series on how to prevent recreational lobster gear from becoming marine debris.

1. Preventing lobster gear from becoming marine debris
2. Getting your recreational lobster permit 
3. Getting your recreational lobster gear
4. Getting your lobster pots in the water
5. Checking you lobster pots 

The Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts, National Fish & Wildlife and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association continue to remove marine debris one dumpster at a time. Fishing for Energy Marks 10 years, 4 Million Pounds of Marine Debris Converted to Energy.  

(UMASS Dartmouth and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

NOAA – Northeast Fisheries Science Center – The eMOLT project is a non-profit collaboration of industry, science, and academics devoted to monitoring of the physical environment of the Gulf of Maine and the Southern New England shelf.  In a series of phases funded by the Northeast Consortium beginning in 2001,  we developed low-cost strategies to measure  bottom temperature, salinity, and current velocity with the help of nearly 100 lobstermen dispersed along the entire New England coast.  Read more HERE.

(NOAA – Northeast Fisheries Science Center and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)  http://www.emolt.org/

(MA Department of Marine Fisheries and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

(MA Department of Marine Fisheries and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

(MA Department of Marine Fisheries and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

(Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

(Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

(MA Department of Marine Fisheries, URI, and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association)

The Lobster Foundation of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association and the MA Division of Marine Fisheries have partnered together to do a study fleet to monitor dissolved oxygen in Cape Cod Bay.

Check out our delicious seafood recipe’s, all from local chefs!

https://www.mass.gov/lists/massachusetts-seafood-chef-series

In April, 2022 the Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program in partnership with the Woods Hole Sea Grant, awarded the Lobster Foundation, (LFoM) and the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, (MLA) grant funding to re-brand its educational literature.

The goal of the LFoM and MLA is to continue with its educational/promotional outreach efforts to educate the public on a healthy, sustainable lobster industry and the conservation efforts that Massachusetts commercial lobstermen do on behalf of the North Atlantic Right Whale and the entire marine eco-system.

On March 16^th, 2022, the Lobster Foundation, received a $40,000 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust, www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-environmental-trust Drive for a Better Environment grant program. The project will provide education and outreach to Massachusetts lobstermen on the requirements and proper use of new buoy marking requirements, as well as support the use of weaker red and candy cane rope by teaching rope splicing/insertion skills for use as approved weak contrivances.

The Lobster Foundation strongly encourage supporting the environmental programs funded by the Trust in your community.

There are three environmental plates to choose from; the Right Whale & Roseate Terns, The Leaping Brook Trout, or the Blackstone Valley Mill.  Visit your local Registry of Motor Vehicles to order a plate on-line at www.massrmv.com.