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Maine: Cooler water, sustained demand buoy lobster prices

lobsterDM0811_468x521After two years of unusually high catches of lobster off the Maine coast, commercial landings of the iconic crustacean may be falling back a little in 2014. Scientists, fishermen and data buoys all point to  as the main reason why the statewide catch may be slacking off a little after the record catches of the past two years. Read the rest here 09:33