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Lobster bait shortage leads to reopening of menhaden fishery; 4.7m lbs added

The state had ordered an early end to menhaden fishing on June 30 after concluding that harvesters exceeded the state’s annual quota of 2.4 million pounds by 1.5m lbs

By Undercurrent News | July 16, 2019 15:25 BST
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Salted menhaden, aka pogies, in a barrel in Rockport, Maine. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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US state of Maine lobster harvesters desperate for bait as they prepare for their season to kick into high gear received one small break on Monday, the reopening of the Atlantic menhaden, aka pogy, fishery, the Portland [Maine] Press Herald reports.  [...]

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