The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says the plan to reduce buoy lines to protect the endangered species is riddled with errors and bad science.
Penelope Overton
Staff Writer
Penny is excited to be the Portland Press Herald’s first climate reporter. Since joining the paper in 2016, she has written about Maine’s lobster and cannabis industries, covered state politics and spent a fellowship year exploring the impact of climate change on the lobster fishery with the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team. Before moving to Maine, she covered politics, environment, casino gambling and tribal issues in Florida, Connecticut and Arizona. Her favorite assignments allow her to introduce readers to unusual people, cultures, or subjects. When off the clock, Penny is usually getting lost in a new book at a local coffeehouse, watching foreign crime shows or planning her family’s next adventure.
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Maine’s Route 1: Lobster shacks, blueberry stands – and cannabis
More than 20 medical marijuana shops dot the roadway, tempting tourists to stop and peruse their wares.
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Wellness Connection at heart of New England marijuana fight
Maine’s biggest medical marijuana provider wants to break up with the Rhode Island company behind its extraction operation, blaming it for $14 million in losses.
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China increases its U.S. lobster tariff, and dealers ‘can’t believe this is happening again’
The tariff on live lobster imports from the United States to China will rise from 25% to 35% on Sept. 1.
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CMP withdraws document filed with customers’ confidential information
The filing had been submitted to regulators to refute customers’ complaints reported in the media.
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Environmentalists weigh in on right whale rules for lobster industry
Lobstermen packed meetings in midcoast and eastern Maine, but environmentalists took their turn defending the endangered species in South Portland on Thursday night.
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Maine lobstermen insist they are not the ones killing right whales
About 70 frustrated fishermen tell federal regulators at a hearing in Machias that Canada, not Maine, is mostly to blame.
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‘We just can’t compete with Canada right now’: Tariffs drive down U.S. lobster exports to China by 46%
But an increase in sales to Canada also has offset all but $14.4 million of the lost Chinese market.
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City staff proposes capping Portland’s retail pot licenses at 20
Staffers say the limit is needed to protect the market and Portland’s economy, but some city councilors question the cap and the first-come, first-served method of awarding licenses.
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Lifejackets for Lobstermen project outfitting Maine fishermen
Eleven models will be available at discounts during stops in 11 ports over the next month.