Maine Operation Game Thief puts up $2,000 in an effort to catch whoever sank Anthony Hooper’s lobster boat three times.
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Part of New England’s herring fishery to be closed
The closure, from Sunday until Oct. 29, is meant to protect a key source of bait fish.
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Sweden and Maine lobster: A love-hate relationship
While Sweden has been seeking an EU ban on imports, the country’s spending on the delicacy has soared 523 percent.
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Lobster exporters looking to EU customers for help in averting ban
The American and Canadian lobster industries are looking to countries like Spain, Italy and France to help scuttle the Swedish proposal to label lobster ‘invasive.’
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Speakers to challenge Sweden’s lobster ban effort
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation and others are gathering at a Portland lobster dealer Friday to speak out against that country’s attempts to classify American lobster as ‘invasive.’
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The ‘lobster capital of the world’ faces a crucial question
Imposing a license wait-list divides those protective of a prized natural resource and others who see a growing fleet as key to a thriving regional economy.
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Lobster council votes to close Maine’s last open zone
If the state agrees to the Zone C waiting-list system intended to cool off competition, newcomers could be forced to wait years to get a license.
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Ruling delayed on whether Maine lobster is ‘invasive’ in Europe
A commission on the environment is still gathering scientific information.
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Lobstermen in Maine’s historically open zone vote to close their waters to newcomers
The call for a waiting list in Zone C, which includes Stonington and Vinalhaven, now goes to a local council and then state regulators.
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Swedish scientists urging American lobster ban admit science is thin but insist threat is real
Their report calls for the EU to take precautions now as a decision nears that could affect $136 million in annual exports from Maine and Massachusetts.