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Maine lobster boom will end within five years, scientists predict

The study predicts landings will fall 20-40% in the next four to five years in much of eastern Maine and by more than 90% in the eastern part of Penobscot Bay

By Undercurrent News | Oct. 25, 2019 16:44 BST
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Maine lobster harvester Tim Marcoux throws one back for being too small. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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The boom in large landing volumes that has propelled the US state of Maine's lobster industry since 1990 will come to an end within the next five years, suggests a study in the scientific journal Ecological Applications.  [...]

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