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May 6, 2024

Maine calls for re-evaluation of lobster measure increase

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Maine state officials report 2021 lobster landings value was close to $725 million – a 75 percent jump from 2020. MLMC photo.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources is calling on federal regulators to reevaluate new rules that would increase by one-sixteenth of an inch the minimum size of lobsters fishermen are legally allowed to harvest.

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