State legislation last year mandated that the Maine coast be divided into lobste

State legislation last year mandated that the Maine coast be divided into lobstering zones, each managed by an elected council of lobster-fishing license holders. This bottom-up or co-management conservation strategy may well become a model for the Maine fishing industry as well. Fishermen have a natural interest in conservation, and when they collectively send a bill to the state Legislature, it is likely to be passed. Details