2020 Canada-US Lobster Town Meeting: Lobsters without boarders: Forging our futures together

Good decisions come from knowledge. Knowledge grows by sharing observations and experiences. Sustaining a shared resource calls for constructive sharing of information. It is within this context that fishermen, scientists, policymakers, managers, association representatives and other leaders in the lobster industry from the east coast of the United States and Canada converge once a year for the Lobster Institute’s Canada/U.S. Lobster Town Meeting to talk about the state of Homarus americanus and the industry that relies upon this resource – its markets, policies, and economics. The theme of the 16th Lobster Town Meeting, hosted in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada January 24 – 25, 2020; was “forging our futures together.” The focus of the meeting was to: (1) facilitate cross-sector and crossgeographic networking; and (2) discuss emerging and persistent issues in the fishery. In particular, this year’s meeting focused on lobster processing, marketing techniques, North Atlantic right whales, and media relations. The one-and-a-half-day meeting drew more than 100 participants from across maritime Canada and the Northeast United States. This report provides a summary of the sessions hosted at the event and the key themes that emerged during the Town Meeting.

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