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Facebook page helps Massachusetts captains sell lobsters direct

Two lobster boat captains, forced to go direct to consumers by the coronavirus, sold out their 600 pound combined catch at a dock in 90 minutes on Sunday

By Jason Huffman | April 7, 2020 19:06 BST
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Unloading a lobster boat in Rockland, Maine. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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A small group of lobster harvesters in the US state of Massachusetts are defying the horrible market conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic by selling direct to consumers at the dock, and using Facebook to promote their efforts [...]

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