Cautious optimism greets US-China trade deal The new U.S.-China trade agreement, signed in January, does not eliminate Chinese tariffs, but does require China to buy $32 billion worth of American agricultural products over the next … Continue reading
First published in Landings, December, 2015. Jeff Bennett, senior trade specialist at the Maine International Trade Center (MITC) said the word “Tsukiji” (pronounced “tskee-gee”) and I was sold. For last month’s State of Maine Trade … Continue reading
The Maine lobster industry has lost one of its treasures. Ed Blackmore passed away in late December at the age of 92. His obituary in the Bangor Daily News gives a sense of his amazing … Continue reading
Category: People“I’m sick of it, Maine is not killing these whales,” announced lobsterman Peter Eaton of Cape Porpoise. His words captured the frustration voiced by many of the state’s lobstermen over the latest iteration of the … Continue reading
Category: ManagementFirst published in Landings, January, 2020 Fishing in the winter is hard. The temperature, the wind, the onset of sudden and brutal storms, all make lobstering during a Maine winter a hazardous way to make … Continue reading
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