A public hearing is planned for the fall on a new rule that would restrict access to Stonington-area lobster licenses.
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Maine’s lobster exports going full steam, with Asian market growing
Sales through June are more than double the year before as demand surges in Asian countries and sellers cultivate new overseas business.
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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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Mount Desert Island area lobstermen oppose shortened wait for newcomers
In a survey, a majority of licensed lobstermen in Zone B who voted in a state survey preferred to keep tougher entry standards.
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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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Sweden’s proposed ban on American lobsters clears first hurdle
The opinion of the European Union’s Scientific Forum on Invasive Alien Species sets in motion a broader review of the proposal.
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Ruling delayed on whether Maine lobster is ‘invasive’ in Europe
A commission on the environment is still gathering scientific information.