The mass transfer was the idea of the Island Institute, a nonprofit Maine group dedicated to sustaining islands and their communities.

The newspaper for Maine's inhabited islands, published by the Island Institute, is The Island Times, which is a free publication, printed monthly.

But Philip Conkling, president of the Island Institute, which studies and supports Maine's islands, disagrees.

There he is actively involved with the Island Institute, located in Rockland, Maine.

The project, called LobsterTales, was started by the Island Institute, an environmentally minded community organization serving the Maine coastline and islands.

The Island Institute plans to add lobstermen from another coastline town, Islesford, to the site this fall.

Educators at the school and the Island Institute are seeking other educational ways to use the site, like having students do projects on a city or country that has received a Vinalhaven lobster.

A preliminary economic analysis was conducted for the cooperative in 2008 with the help of the non-profit Island Institute.

The meeting resulted in some progress, but the situation remains tentative, said Ben Neal of the Island Institute in Rockland.

The Island Institute, an environmental education camp run by Jane Howard, was located on the island.