China vowed to buy more U.S. lobsters, but year-to-date sales are 23 percent lower than in 2019.
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Gulf of Maine lobster loses key sustainability label
The London-based nonprofit that sets standards for sustainable fishing will suspend its certification of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery Aug. 30 because of its rope-heavy fishing methods.
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1 in 3 Maine lobstermen lands federal pandemic loan
Lobstermen got more small Paycheck Protection Program loans than members of any other Maine industry, but the size of the average loan was small.
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Lobster prices falling in New England, and they might fall further
The Lobster industry is dealing with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and prices could drop even more later this summer.
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Trump opens marine monument to fishermen, promises trade relief
Reopening this southern New England territory to commercial fishing has political appeal in Maine, but little practical impact.
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Conservationists propose lobstering restrictions to protect right whale
In a legal brief, the Conservation Law Foundation and other environmental groups call for the banning of vertical rope in lobstering off Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.
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Maine nets $20 million in federal bailout of U.S. fishing industry
Maine’s cut of the $300 million in funding under the CARES Act is nation’s fifth-highest.
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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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Maine lobstermen to federal regulators: We’re not killing right whales
The Maine Lobstering Union accuses the agency of caving to environmental organizations when it should be defending the industry.