Registration open for 2026 U.S. - Canada Lobster Town Meeting

The Lobster Institute’s 21st annual U.S. – Canada Lobster Town Meeting will be held January 21-23, 2026, at the Delta Hotel in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. A complete program will be available next month, but preliminary agenda items include Fisheries Management in the U.S. and Canada; Science-Industry Collaborative Tagging Projects; Trade, Tariffs, and Traceability; Harvester and Shoreside Sector Updates.

Sessions run all day on January 22 and until noon on January 23. A $75 registration fee includes conference materials, breakfast (January 22 and 23), and lunch (January 22). The Delta offers a room rate of $174 CAD/night ($125 USD), which includes access to all hotel amenities. Thanks to the Klaus Sonnenberg Travel Fund, we are able to offer a limited number of free registrations for commercial fishermen. For more details on registering and reserving lodging, please visit the Lobster Institute’s events page at umaine/lobsterinstitute/events.

There will be a welcome banquet on Wednesday and a seafood reception on Thursday, for an additional fee, to allow more time for informal conversations and socializing with cross-border attendees. We will again offer complimentary exhibition booths to sponsors who wish to display their materials at the primary venue. 

The 2026 Town Meeting will coincide with Fish Canada / Work Boat Canada at the Moncton Coliseum Complex, which kicks off in the afternoon, January 23. Event organizers are offering free entry to all Town Meeting attendees.

If you have any questions about the 2026 Town Meeting or would like to learn how to become a sponsor, please email or call Chris Cash at christina.cash@maine.edu or 207-975-0003.