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PublishedMarch 8, 2018
Press Herald story on addiction in Maine’s lobster industry earns national award
The Society of American Business Editors and Writers honored "Trapped by Heroin" for revealing the devastating impact of opioids on the state's signature way of life.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2018
What’s happening to the lobster babies? Portland dealer will pay to get an answer
Their numbers are declining in Casco Bay, and Ready Seafood is willing to pay to find out if they're settling in deeper water where scientists hadn't been sampling.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2018
Lawmakers give Maine lobster promoters key win
The Marine Resources Committee endorses the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative's funding proposal, which now must go before the full Legislature.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2018
Asians help to fill sales gap as Europe eats less Maine lobster
Live exports from the U.S. to the Far East jumped 36% last year, offsetting losses caused mainly by a Canadian trade deal.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2018
Longtime leader of Maine Lobstermen’s Association to step down
David Cousens, 60, who led the organization for 27 years and guided efforts to conserve the fishery, says rough seas ahead call for new blood at the helm.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2018
Dock manager suspected of large-scale theft from Rockland seafood dealer
The owner of J&J Lobster says about $230,000 is missing, but Chad W. Salvas says he is innocent of wrongdoing.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2018
All Maine lobstermen will have to report fishing details, including secrets of success
But regulators who monitor the health of the fishery decide the state's harvesters won't have to reveal trap locations, catch totals and more until 2023.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2018
Look for a lobster emoji to surface this year, by popular demand
The panel that decides such things has officially unveiled a new digital image of a little red lobster in response to a Maine-based petition drive.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2018
Group hopes to ban boiling lobsters in U.K. Will this movement gain steam?
A petition to add lobsters to the nation's Animal Welfare Act has garnered more than 27,000 signatures.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2018
Gulf of Maine lobster population past its peak, study says, and a big drop is due
Scientists say warming waters in the Gulf of Maine will lower lobster populations 40 to 62 percent over the next 30 years, but conservation measures the state adopted decades ago will mitigate the impact.
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