SUGGESTED PULLQUOTE: “The tariff is bad enough, but to use the hard-shell price on a firm-shell order to drive it up higher, that’s salt on the wound.” — Stephanie Nadeau, The Lobster Co., Arundel Maine lobster dealers say China is improperly inflating the market price of lobster to increase its punitive tariffs on U.S. live […]
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PETA wants a memorial to lobsters that died in Brunswick crash
UPDATE: Maine DOT says no to roadside memorial for lobsters The ruination of the crustaceans must be memorialized. That’s the take by an animal rights group seeking state permission to erect a five-foot tall granite tombstone at the site of a lobster truck crash in Brunswick that resulted in about 7,000 pounds of live lobster being […]
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Transgender advocates adopt lobster emoji
British transgender activists frustrated by a lack of online representation are claiming Maine’s beloved new lobster emoji as their own. The group, Lobsters Against Transphobia, launched an online petition last month to push Unicode, a nonprofit consortium that signs off on new pictograms, for a pink-and-blue flag emoji. Until they get their own flag, the group […]
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PETA ads aim to discourage Maine tourists from eating lobster
Welcome to Maine. Please don’t eat the lobster. That is the message PETA is sending to arriving passengers at the state’s largest airport this month. The animal rights group has bought a month’s worth of ads at the Portland International Jetport that feature a lobster holding a sign proclaiming, “I’m ME, Not Meat.” It further […]
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Where’s the lobster? Experts taste test Lay’s lobster roll potato chips
The “Chopped” champion was skeptical. So was the Maine potato chip maker. And the food truck owner? She was “almost afraid” of what she would find inside the bag in front of her. All three of our expert panelists cast a wary eye at the bag of Lay’s New England Lobster Roll potato chips given […]
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China’s threatened tariff on U.S. lobster has Maine’s industry on edge
The Maine lobster industry is reeling at the prospect of losing its biggest overseas market. Industry leaders warn that a proposed 25 percent Chinese tariff on U.S. lobster exports will drive U.S. lobster prices down, causing untold harm to an industry that was counting on China to offset market losses in Europe caused by a […]
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Maine escapes first wave of Chinese tariffs
Maine’s biggest exports, including lobster, wood pulp and airplane parts, are not targeted by the first round of Chinese tariffs in the brewing trade war with America. China released its list of 128 U.S. products targeted for tax hikes in retaliation for President Trump’s trade sanctions on Chinese aluminum and steel on Monday, the day […]
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Maine lobster catch in 2017 dips to lowest level in six years
PORTLAND (AP) — Regulators in the state that dominates the U.S. lobster haul say the catch of the crustaceans fell to its lowest level since 2011 last year, but the industry remains strong. The Maine Department of Marine Resources says fishermen in the state caught a little more than 110.8 million pounds (50.3 million kilograms) […]
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New, revised lobster emoji comes with correct number of legs
Score one for advocates of anatomically correct emojis. Responding to outrage from lobster leg aficionados and the Accuracy in Emojis movement (OK, not really), the organization that decides which digital images can dress up the world’s emails, texts and tweets has literally given its new lobster emoji two more legs to stand on. Soon after […]
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The new lobster emoji doesn’t appear to have enough legs to stand on
The sample lobster emoji unveiled Wednesday by the governing body of cute little social media icons is, shall we say, deformed. And some people are noticing. The fact that it’s missing two legs has been pointed out by more than one lobster fan. It also appears to have an extra crusher claw, not to mention […]