The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is fighting a federal court ruling on right whales that could cripple the fishery.
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Fishermen getting desperate as $300 million federal bailout stalls
Frustration is mounting among Maine fishermen and lawmakers over the aid, which was approved in March but still hasn’t been distributed.
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Green Plate Special: Nervous about cooking with seaweed?
These products from Atlantic Sea Farms make it easy, and now is a good time to start.
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Maine fishermen seek relief, new markets to navigate ‘economic disaster’
The industry was largely shut out of the initial federal relief efforts, but advocates hope that is about to change.
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State, lobstermen scramble to respond to judge’s right-whale ruling
The state’s marine resources chief says ‘this could not have come at a worse time,’ but notes that the court has yet to hear the fishery’s legal arguments.
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Regulators fell short on protecting right whales from lobster industry, judge rules
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg determines that the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the Endangered Species Act by downplaying the lobster industry’s impact on the endangered whales.
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Fishermen turn to direct marketing as demand for Maine seafood plummets
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the elver season has been delayed and the lobster and soon-to-open scallop fishery are facing reduced demand.
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Maine lobstermen to federal regulators: We’re not killing whales
The Maine Lobstering Union accuses the agency of caving to environmental organizations when it should be defending the industry.
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Fallout from coronavirus makes lobsters so cheap that sellers face a fatal blow
U.S. lobster prices have plummeted to the lowest in at least 4 years after the spread of the virus halted charter flights to Asia.
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Though Maine’s lobster harvest was smallest in 9 years, value remained steady
The average per-pound price in 2019 was a whopping $4.82, the highest since Maine began tracking lobster hauls back in 1880.