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Maine governor details lobster, groundfish COVID-19 pain in plea to Trump

'The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a substantial toll on Maine's independent fishermen, aquaculturists, wholesale dealers and seafood processors' -- Janet Mills, Maine's governor

By Jason Huffman | March 23, 2020 15:02 GMT
Janet Mills, governor of the US state of Maine.
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Lobster and softshell clam harvesters and in the US state of Maine are seeing price drops of as much as 75% at the docks, while groundfish are fetching 30% less as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis, governor Janet Mills said in a three-page letter sent Friday, March 20, to US president Donald Trump [...]

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