Industry officials celebrate the apparent victory, saying it saved a $200 million annual export business that is critical to Maine.
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Reward offered for information in sinkings of lobster boat in Port Clyde
Maine Operation Game Thief puts up $2,000 in an effort to catch whoever sank Anthony Hooper’s lobster boat three times.
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Tenants Harbor lobsterman’s boat sunk for third time
The Maine Marine Patrol is investigating the sinking of Anthony Hooper’s 35-foot boat in Port Clyde, after charging three men in the sinking of another boat.
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Part of New England’s herring fishery to be closed
The closure, from Sunday until Oct. 29, is meant to protect a key source of bait fish.
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Effort to close Maine’s last open lobster zone advances
A public hearing is planned for the fall on a new rule that would restrict access to Stonington-area lobster licenses.
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Maine’s lobster exports going full steam, with Asian market growing
Sales through June are more than double the year before as demand surges in Asian countries and sellers cultivate new overseas business.
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Sweden and Maine lobster: A love-hate relationship
While Sweden has been seeking an EU ban on imports, the country’s spending on the delicacy has soared 523 percent.
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Lobster exporters looking to EU customers for help in averting ban
The American and Canadian lobster industries are looking to countries like Spain, Italy and France to help scuttle the Swedish proposal to label lobster ‘invasive.’
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Mount Desert Island area lobstermen oppose shortened wait for newcomers
In a survey, a majority of licensed lobstermen in Zone B who voted in a state survey preferred to keep tougher entry standards.
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Speakers to challenge Sweden’s lobster ban effort
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation and others are gathering at a Portland lobster dealer Friday to speak out against that country’s attempts to classify American lobster as ‘invasive.’