Individual fishermen, fishing charters and seafood dealers must demonstrate revenue losses before receiving checks, probably in November.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Challenges facing lobster industry should stay in the spotlight
The industry, besieged with short- and long-term struggles, got a lot of attention last week. It needs to continue.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Lobster industry cheers trade deal that would lift EU tariffs
Maine lobster dealers predict an immediate boost in European sales, which will grow when air travel and restaurants bounce back from the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
European Union drops tariffs on U.S. lobster
The decision will put the U.S. on equal footing with Canada in what had traditionally been a huge export market for American lobster.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Lobster and industrial cleanups on menu during EPA official’s visit
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler spent Thursday in Maine touring contaminated “brownfield” sites and lobster businesses.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Lobstermen catch break on diesel engine standards
U.S. lobster fishery is exempt from new standards until cleaner-running lobster boat engines are available on the commercial market.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Judge: Lobstering can proceed until new right whale protections are finalized in May
Environmental groups had asked the court to ban vertical buoys from a large right whale feeding ground south of Nantucket, but the federal judge declined to do so.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Maine delegation urges Trump to make good on lobster promise
President Trump issued a memorandum in June that called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to offset losses the lobster industry has suffered due to trade hostilities with China, and the deadline is Monday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Despite trade deal, U.S. lobster exports to China are down in 2020
China vowed to buy more U.S. lobsters, but year-to-date sales are 23 percent lower than in 2019.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Lobstering restrictions will hurt much more than Maine’s fishermen
Giving to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association Legal Defense Fund will mitigate the impact of right-whale rules and protect thousands of other businesses.