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lobster industry

Published
September 23, 2016

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.
Published
September 16, 2016

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.'
Published
September 15, 2016

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.
Published
September 15, 2016

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.'
Published
September 11, 2016

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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Published
September 8, 2016

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.
Published
September 6, 2016

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.
Published
August 31, 2016

Ruling delayed on whether Maine lobster is ‘invasive’ in Europe

A commission on the environment is still gathering scientific information.
Published
August 26, 2016

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.
Published
August 24, 2016

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.