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PublishedSeptember 19, 2022
Lobstering group appeals decision in lawsuit over whale-protection rules
The Maine Lobstermen's Association says the new regulations are based on faulty science, and is now attempting to take that argument to a higher court.
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PublishedSeptember 13, 2022
Portland restaurant acknowledges misinformation about lobster sales
J's Oyster says it wanted to generate discussion about Seafood Watch's red-listing of lobster when it relied on outdated information to call for a boycott of Whole Foods.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2022
Boycotts, backlash over lobster fishery’s addition to ‘red list’
Maine's lobster industry and its supporters are fighting back after Seafood Watch placed lobster on a list of seafood to avoid because of sustainability concerns.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2022
Retailers pull lobster from menus after ‘red list’ warning
Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its 'red list' of species to avoid.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
Seafood group ‘red lists’ lobster over risk to right whales
The designation by Seafood Watch urging consumers to avoid Maine's prized marine species provokes strong pushback from industry advocates and Gov. Janet Mills.
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PublishedAugust 11, 2022
Portland lobsterman catches rare blue lobster
The bright blue lobster caught off Peaks Island will take up residence in a tank at Becky's Diner.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2022
PETA offers city new statue to replace lobsterman
The animal rights group is suggesting instead a statue of a very large lobster crushing a lobster trap in one of its claws.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2022
Federal court rules that regulators haven’t done enough to protect right whales
The ruling says the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2022
Press Herald/Boston Globe series on lobstering wins SPJ award
'The Lobster Trap' has won the Sigma Delta Chi Award for environment/climate reporting.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2022
Maine lobster industry could receive nearly $14 million in federal aid
The funding would help the industry comply with new rules intended to save the critically endangered right whale.
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