The state’s lobstermen are preparing for the start Sunday of the Long Island Sound fishery’s first-ever seasonal closure, when their traps will be out of the water until 28 November.
“None of us are sure what we're going to do for three months without working,” said Michael Theiller of Waterford, who keeps his lobster boat in New London. “It’s going to be a bit difficult.”
Theiller, VP of the Connecticut Lobstermen’s Association, and Stonington lobsterman Michael Grimshaw, president of the Southern New England Fishermen & Lobstermen’s Association, both said they understand that the closure is an attempt to help the Sound’s depleted lobster populations rebuild. They’re just not sure it will make any difference.
