From left to right, Flinn Robinson, Curt Bryant and Buzz Scott load derelict lobster traps onto a trailer to be hauled away for processing and recycling. The sun is just starting to peak through the ...

VINALHAVEN, Maine — At 3:30 in the morning on a Friday in late May, the lobstermen ate breakfast. Outside, their boats bobbed in the labradorite water, lit only by the dull yellow of streetlamps ...

With just two days to spare, Maine’s lobster industry on Saturday won an emergency motion to stop an impending seasonal closure of lobster fishing in federal waters off the state’s coast. The closure ...