GOMLF – To protect and sustain a healthy lobster fishery

About us

Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to protecting and sustaining a healthy lobster fishery and marine environment through collaboration with fishermen, scientists, educators, and communities.

Student Drifters

Students design, build, deploy, and track their own ocean-going drifters - from the classroom through the Gulf of Maine.

eMOLT

Collaborating with the lobster industry to collect information from lobster traps.

Gear Grab

The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation is leading the charge to recover and dispose of derelict fishing gear and marine debris with its three-pronged GEAR GRAB initiative–designed to inform, involve, and improve the lives of fishermen and the communities in which they live along the Maine coast.

News and Events

Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation is hosting a gear drive in Portland, ME at the Portland Fish Exchange on April 13th & 14th. We are interested in collecting your old, unusable fishing gear! Do you have Traps? Nets? Lines? Buoys? Other odds and ends of fishing gear? We want to take it off your hands, we just need to know what you have, fill out the google form linked here and let us know what you have! https://forms.gle/nitVSPe4ETuuph5K7