I am a small businessman. I have owned and operated the Union River Lobster Pot restaurant since 1996. Like Maine’s lobstermen, as an independent business owner I must deal with the vagaries of supply and … Continue reading
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Business News | June 2021
Brooks Trap Mill Joins Forces with Friendship Trap Friendship Trap Company is now part of Brooks Trap Mill in Thomaston. The company’s owner, Chris Anderson, passed away in September 2020. The affiliation opens up a … Continue reading
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MLMC Steps up For Maine’s Lobster Industry
The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative (MLMC) found itself in a delicate situation last year. The Collaborative’s mission is to build demand for Maine lobster. Yet national environmental organizations had focused public attention on the decline … Continue reading
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DMR Lobster Surveys Give Picture of The Future
Many fishermen depend on the Maine Fishermen’s Forum to reconnect with friends and colleagues and get caught up on the latest happenings in lobster management and science. Though the Forum was cancelled this year due … Continue reading
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2020 Lobster Landings And Values Stronger Than Expected
Despite unprecedented market losses, Maine fishermen earned over a half billion dollars for their catch in 2020. Valued at $516,796,614, the ex-vessel value of Maine’s commercially harvested marine resources was the ninth highest on record. … Continue reading
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Guest Column: Marketing flexibility remains fundamental in 2021
The new year is bringing many changes, so the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative is prepared to remain flexible and pivot as needed to take advantage of market conditions. We are starting the year with a … Continue reading
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Stimulus includes new aid for the seafood industry
Small businesses hurt by the pandemic can access more loans and grant money in the $900 billion stimulus bill passed by Congress in late December 2020.The new round of stimulus money again includes $300 million … Continue reading
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Pandemic takes toll on nation’s fishing industries
COVID-19 has hit all sectors of the American economy hard, including the seafood industry. Two new studies show exactly how detrimental the pandemic has been to the country’s fishing industries.A study conducted by Rutgers University … Continue reading
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Guest Column: 2020 — The Year of Challenges
I ended last year’s guest column optimistically looking ahead to 2020, to ending the uncertainties of 2019. Few could have predicted that in addition to ongoing trade policy challenges, the world would face a global … Continue reading
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Guest Column: Marketing Campaign Boosts Maine Lobster
As we approach the end of 2020, a year most of us are glad to see go, it’s a good time to review the results of the Maine lobster marketing program.As background, the Maine Lobster … Continue reading
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