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SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Whether you blame it on climate change, a misalignment of the stars or Donald Trump, the weather so far in December has been unusually fair and that has some Maine lobster dealers sweating.

Usually by the week before Christmas, most of Maine’s lobster fishermen have hauled their gear onto the bank and cold, stormy weather has kept those who are still fishing mostly in the harbor.

Not this year.

According to one Maine lobster buyer, the weather through the end of last week has been so mild that he expects that this year the state will see record lobster landings for the month of December. With a week to go before Christmas, the dealer said, the weather had already allowed a record number of fishing days for December.

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