Port Clyde Lobster Tours

This blog has been created not only to promote Port Clyde Lobster Tours, a small venture located in Port Clyde Maine. Starting in the summer of 2010, Captain Gary Libby will be taking folks out on a working lobster boat in beautiful Penobscot Bay. Tending traps and observing a lobster man plying his trade on the water. Captain Libby's license allows the not so faint at heart to bait and haul lobster traps.

We also intend to educate the general public about what is going on in the commercial fishing industry in the Northeast. Mainly what some think of as a small boat fishery. Of course it depends on your definition of small. In our little piece of the world the boats in the harbor that are draggers average 60 feet in length. This may not seem small to most folks but I can assure you that when you are 60 miles off shore and there is no land in sight one finds out how insignificant they are in the grand scheme of things. Not only is this a place for political ramblings about commercial fishing but also a place to provide information about food sovereignty. I will be posting links about what is going on in both industries. The big food bogyman is Monsanto, be afraid be very afraid! Also we will be discussing the merits and advantages of becoming a member of either a CSA (community supported agriculture) or a CSF (community supported fishery) program.

Food on average travels 1800 miles to reach our plates. Becoming involved in CSA/CSF's is one way the conscientious consumer is able to vote with their wallet and their hearts. Good local food is available all over the country. We as a people need to move away from industrial farming and fishing. These practices are not good for either the environment or for people. Know your Farmer and Know your Fisherman if your lucky enough to live near the coast.

This is my first blog, but once I get warmed up there will certainly more to come!

Thank you for paying attention to my ramblings.