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Maine lobster industry struggles focus of US Senate challenger’s virtual town hall

'[T]he federal government needs to step up and work to keep lobstermen and women afloat through this crisis' -- Sara Gideon, Democratic challenger for a US Senate seat

By Undercurrent News | April 20, 2020 15:28 BST
Sara Gideon, Democratic challenger for the US Senate seat currently occupied by Susan Collins, in a virtual town hall held April 16.
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Democrat Sara Gideon took on the US lobster industry's biggest challenges, including their losses due to COVID-19 and the trade war with China as well as the ongoing battle over pending trap-related limitations related to the North Atlantic right whale, in a 45-minute virtual town hall played on Facebook late last week.  [...]

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