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Green Plate Special: Eat more lobster — this is the kind of ask we really like

by Christine Burns Rudalevige June 21, 2020June 18, 2020

The lobster industry has been hit hard this year. Here’s a recipe to help you do your bit to help them.

Reopening this southern New England territory to commercial fishing has political appeal in Maine, but little practical impact.

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is fighting a federal court ruling on right whales that could cripple the fishery.

The industry was largely shut out of the initial federal relief efforts, but advocates hope that is about to change.

The Maine Lobstering Union accuses the agency of caving to environmental organizations when it should be defending the industry.

by Jen Skerritt Bloomberg March 6, 2020March 7, 2020

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.

The average per-pound price in 2019 was a whopping $4.82, the highest since Maine began tracking lobster hauls back in 1880.

by By DAVID SHARP Associated Press February 25, 2020February 25, 2020

Lobster exports to China had dropped 64 percent in the first month after China imposed retaliatory tariffs in its trade war with the U.S.

Maine will create a commercial menhaden fishing license in 2021, but it won’t close the growing bait fishery as previously planned.

by PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press February 19, 2020February 19, 2020

Lobster Unlimited of Orono is investigating whether the crustacean’s circulatory fluid can be a potential weapon against viruses and cancer.