Fishermen Have Recycled Thousands of Old Lobster Traps on From a Maine Island This Winter

Fishermen have recycled thousands of old lobster traps on from a Maine island this winter

One of Maine's largest fishing communities has spent the winter removing and recycling thousands of old, battered wire lobster traps. The fishermen behind the initiative hope that other communities will follow suit.

Fishermen have recycled thousands of old lobster traps on Vinalhaven this winter

The sun is just starting to peak through the dense clouds on this late morning in April, as Buzz Scott hoists up a heavy wire lobster trap. Scott is working with a small crew of fishermen, and the traps, and the jokes, are flying. “See this is why fishermen have big bellies,” Scott said, as he uses his stomach to lift one of the traps and heave it onto the bed of a trailer. Very few of these traps are usable. Some are caked with moss and mud. Ot…