Panel Allows Maine to Process Oversized Lobsters From Canada

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HALLOWELL, Maine -- Nine members of the Department of Marine Resources Advisory Council voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of having DMR adopt a new rule that will allow lobster processors in Maine who have an import/export license to process lobsters from Canada that exceed the maximum size limit for lobsters that can be caught in Maine.

Col. Joseph Fessenden, head of Maine Marine Patrol, told the panel that the new rule is intended to benefit processors, who up until now have had to set such lobsters aside and ship them whole and alive out of state for resale.

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Panel Allows Maine to Process Oversized Lobsters From Canada

Fessenden said that by not being able to process oversized lobsters, many processors have sustained significant losses because the large lobsters they had paid for often died before they could b...

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