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At Boothbay, La Belle Vitae (left) and Blue Eyed Girl were in a close race in Diesel Class K. Blue Eyed Girl managed to hold the lead shown here to finish first at 48.2 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

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Maine Lobster Boat Racing arrives

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Tribes, Nova Scotia to ‘lay down arms,’ mediate lobster dispute

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Nova Scotia lobster dealer gets 5 years for fraud

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Low price frustrates PEI lobstermen

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Tribal fishermen say efforts are being impeded

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Nova Scotia lobstermen call for crackdown on poaching

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Stewart Workman, SW Boatworks owner, finally has a boat built at his boatyard — not someone else’s boatyard. It’s the Alice Francis, a Calvin 36 lobster boat with a 450-hp Cummins QSL9. Workman says it’s outfitted as “just a basic lobster boat.” SW Boatwo

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A boatbuilder finally gets his own; Maine Lobster Boat racing lineup

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Portraits of lobstermen line a wall of Dennis Wilkins’ studio on Bailey Island. Wilkins hopes to persuade his subjects to stand for one more photograph so he can paint a group portrait to present to the town of Harpswell. Photo by Bisi Cameron Yee

Bailey Island artist honors lobstermen through paintings

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In 1963, the average catch in Maine was approximately 25 million pounds, worth around $10 million. Photo by Shutterstock

Fishing back when: So you want to be a lobsterman?

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A federal judge has granted a two-year extension before imposing stricter whale protection rules on the Northeast lobster fishery. NOAA photo.

Cape Breton's problem: What to do with all these lobsters?

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Lobsterman eyeing striped bass abundance to try chartering

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