At the onset of the Covid pandemic, consumers spend less time in restaurants, and therefore the demand for lobster and other seafood products decreases. In response Island Institute begins a multi-year partnership with Luke’s Lobster which includes the rollout of a new online marketplace—ensuring that lobstermen and other fishermen have a ready market for their catch despite disruptions in the world economy.
Later, the Institute helps create a carbon footprint assessment of the Luke’s Lobster’s supply chain—showing lobster to be a low carbon source of protein. The Institute is planning carbon footprint studies in other marine industries including aquaculture.
In 2022 the Institute creates a taskforce to help Maine’s lobster fishery respond to continued regulatory changes through improved science and data, direct support to fishing families, and creating pathways to future work on the coast. Learn more here.
Photo 2: Nicole Wolf
