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US regional regulatory panel again delays minimum lobster size increase

As a result of the vote by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the gauge increase now is set to go into effect on July 1, 2025

By Jason Huffman | Aug. 7, 2024 16:56 BST
The captain of the Jaylin Lucas measures the carapace of a just-caught North American lobster. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) voted, 9-1, on Tuesday (Aug. 6) to again postpone a proposed conservation measure that would increase the minimum legal size of lobsters harvested off the coast of the US state of Maine, the Maine Lobstermen's Association (MLA) reports on its Facebook page. [...]

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