The constitutional amendment's main proponents included a conservative lobsterman, a liberal raw-milk organic farmer, the Sportsman Alliance (a hunting group) and Cumberland County Food Security Council.
" Lobster is one of the most sustainable fisheries in the world due to the effective stewardship practices handed down through generations of lobstermen, " McCarron said.
The working waterfront in Maine is traditionally very independent, most of the people that I can think of are all, you know, owner-operators who are own independent boats, and I'm mostly thinking about lobstermen here.