The Endangered Lobstermen continues....

The Endangered Lobstermen series is about the whole lobster fishing industry.  The lobstermen and their livelihood and way of life is just one part of the business.  If the lobstermen goes out of business, what will happen to all of the supporting businesses?  The boat builders, the bait suppliers, the restaurants?

“I fished for about 7 years and have been building boats for 3 years.
The ‘red list’ affects us tremendously because if they shut down then industry the there’ll be no boats to build or rebuild. A lot of the community depends on fishermen and we’d be shutdown.”

-Tyler Childers
3rd generation boat builder
Jonesport, Maine