It’s been too long since our last fisherman highlight, so we were very pleased when Donnie “Hambone” McHenan invited us over to talk about his time as a lobsterman. Rarely (if ever) called Donald, colloquially known as “Hammy” or “Hambone,” and to the masses, Donnie, shared with us some stories from his decades on the…
The Maine lobster industry has appeared in the headlines lately, and we have been working through the complicated context and its effect on Greenhead Lobster as a business, the industry at large, and our local fishing community. We are dismayed by the revocation of MSC certification for Maine lobster and are concerned for the potential…
We have been talking a lot about the pandemic it’s impact on the lobster industry supply, demand, and pricing, but unfortunately that impact is still ongoing. While it’s starting to feel like the ‘beginning of the end’ for the virus and it’s social and economic disruption, the ‘reopening’ is actually driving up demand, and having…
This has been a crazy year for lobster. All commodities, lobster included, have their ups and downs, and we have certainly had our ups and downs this past year. Right now, we are seeing historic highs for live lobster and lobster products, partly because of an the increased demand, but mostly because of limited supply.…
Pandemic Shift This has been s a unique and challenging year here in Stonington, Maine. COVID had a major impact to the start of the season. An oversupply of inventories being held for Chinese New Year flooded the domestic market with festivities cancelled and international freight and shipping to China all but stopped. There was…