Investigators hope the money brings in tips that help identify who has been cutting trap gear valued at over $350,000 during a bitter conflict in Down East waters.
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Annie Tselikis runs the Maine Lobster Dealers’ Association
She’s a marketing expert, but one with roots in sustainability.
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European Union decides it won’t ban imports of American lobster
Industry officials celebrate the apparent victory, saying it saved a $200 million annual export business that is critical to Maine.
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Reward offered for information in sinkings of lobster boat in Port Clyde
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.