Maeve's post... ""They were talking in French, so I didn't understand a word..."" I assume they were speaking to each other but under the circumstances, they should have spoken to the trucker, in English.

I am appalled that they messed with him when he tried to leave. That is just stupid, especially after they accomplished their goal... IDIOTS! And fooling with his truck? Downright unacceptable.

At one of the earliest protests, the fishermen bought a case of Maine lobster and explained "to the camera" why it was of poor quality compared to the lobster about to be in season here. That is one of their biggest beefs. They are about to get screwed on the price (keep reading, even though that sounds "wrong") even MORESO given the fact that their catch will be of much better quality. Think about that for a minute and I am sure you will see what they see... the plant owners are using the low Maine price to justify similar prices for better lobsters. That would piss off anybody. Especially when you add in all the government money (fishermen do the "dirty work" and pay the taxes) given to the plants... MILLIONS. When a plant owner has his own airstrip and a jet???

As for the competitive market arguements, most people don't realize that there are no quotas in Maine. Fish til she's full is the order of the day. There is no set season in Maine. This year, when the lobsters started shelling three weeks early due to the warm winter and spring, the fishermen got on the water three weeks early. The supply is the biggest in over 50 years and is amazing to even the long time Maine fishermen. So, they can land huge volumes when they want and sell em real cheap here. That means staying afloat during a glut and economic hard times. Nobody can blame them for that. HOWEVER, our fishermen can't do that. They get to land what their licence says they can land when their licence says they can and then they are on land.

Okay, I'll stop there. There is a LOT more to the situation. I'll just make a comment that addresses ONE "issue". Fishing is hard and dangerous work. Owning a processing plant, a house worth millions, fancy cars, a fancy boat moored at a dock in front of your house so you can get to your airstrip and jump on your jet on a whim? That don't seem real hard or dangerous... unless you fuck over your neighbours that make all that possible. As for holding up trucks from Maine, them good ol' boys are "drawing attention" in the most innocuous way they can at this point. That's unfortunate for the Maine fishermen but that's what they are forced to do... by their neighbours.

Today would be a big day here. Big parties and ceremonies like the blessings of the fleets at each harbour and wharf as they go to set the first pots for tomorrow's first haul. Not today as the season has been delayed while the fishermen, the plant owners and the government try to sort things out. Maine and NB goverments are talking and the Governor has said he will talk directly with the Premier if he wants. They have four days before the real war starts. If it does, I hope every Maine trucker knows what not to do. Some of them good ol' boys ain't so good.