With the catch on Georges Bank low, regulators may allow more harvesting of the baitfish near shore.
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EU asks Sweden to justify claim that North American lobster is invasive
A scientific forum calls for a response after the U.S. and Canada object to claims their species is an invasive threat in Europe.
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Mercury findings prompt state to widen lobster fishing ban in Penobscot River estuary
Initially closed in 2014, the area where a sampling of lobsters had elevated mercury levels has now almost doubled in size.
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Summer price drop for live lobsters may come early this year
Warm ocean temperatures have scientists predicting the season will begin two to three weeks early.
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LePage asks EU commissioner of the environment to oppose Sweden’s lobster ban
In a letter dated Wednesday, the governor says the proposed ban on American lobster is not based on sound science.
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U.S. official challenges EU proposal to ban American lobster
In a letter to the European Commission, a NOAA fisheries administrator says science doesn’t support the proposal.
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In Maine’s last open lobster zone, a feud over limiting newcomers
The only region where someone can get a license without waiting a decade is so divided that fishery officials can’t even muster a vote on making a change.
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Tiny Maine town staking its future on China’s appetite for lobster
Little Cranberry, an island of 70 inhabitants, and China, a nation of 1.4 billion people, increasingly find themselves connected by the shifting currents of the world economy.
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Maine lobster suppliers strategize to foil EU ban
Dealers and suppliers meet in Brussels for a seafood expo and to talk with their Canadian and New England peers about Sweden’s attempt to ban live lobster imports.
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Regulators to study Maine’s lobsters with goal of protecting them
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission wants to protect the fishery from the kind of collapse that has happened in southern New England.