2024 Summit Materials

The second ALI Regional Lobster Research and Outreach Summit took place on February 12-13, 2024, at the Portland Regency Hotel & Spa in Portland, Maine. This event offered an opportunity for the network to connect in person and to hear updates and perspectives from our research teams, extension team members, and other industry and management partners. The 2024 Summit focused on building bridges across all groups harvesting, researching, and managing lobster to address and collaboratively develop solutions to new challenges the industry is facing. We are thankful to all who contributed content to this meeting, and for the productive conversations and feedback.

Maine Sea Grant is particularly grateful to the ALI’s Regional Steering Committee for input on the overarching theme of the meeting and content for the panel discussions. We would also like to thank our partners from across the Northeast Sea Grant Programs for their help in running the meeting, and our event sponsors: Maine Department of Marine Resources, University of Maine’s Lobster Institute, the Island Institute, Inland Seafood, the Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association, Dirigo Science Connection, and two anonymous supporters of the ALI. Thank you for your continued support of this effort!

• To view the full agenda from the 2024 ALI Summit, please click here.
• To view the summary notes from the 2024 ALI Summit, please click here.

If you have any questions or concerns about the ALI Summit or the wider efforts of the network, please email Amalia Harrington.