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Penobscot East is working with the Stonington Lobster Co-op, and several local fishermen to start a Stonington-base Community Supported Fishery (CSF) program for shrimp. Penobscot East is also working with two fishermen from MDI who will operate a CSF from that island.

As part of Penobscot East's mission to secure a future for the fishing community of eastern Maine we are working to diversify the fishery, so that we have good alternatives to lobstering.

By creating a CSF, Penobscot East and local fishermen can begin to develop a local market so that area fishermen earn more for their catch.  We are about to start our second year of the CSF. In the long term, a shrimp CSF may be an opportunity to diversify shrimp sales locally and ensure a better price for shrimp.

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National Ocean and Fisheries Policies: Trickle Up or Trickle Down?

By Boyce Thorne MillerBy Boyce Thorne Miller"Fire! Aim! Ready!" A quote attributed to Gloucester fisherman Vito Giacalone in reference to fisheries management in New England, handily describes the processes to develop national policies and their regional implementation strategies -- "Fire! Aim! Ready!" Without a carefully selected target, 'ready' and 'aim' efforts are useless anyway, and we are left with firing at random with no guarantee that the intended targets will be reached. A chaotic battleground is hardly new for fisheries, but we would like to hope new policies and management under the Obama Administration can move away from that scene rather than perpetuate it.

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A diverse group of individuals, organizations and scientists provide feedback and comments to the White House Council on Environmental Quality's Ocean Policy Task Force regarding Marine Spatial Planning.