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Like Maine seafood? Then you should like the bitter weather, too.
These three fisheries – lobster, elvers and softshell clams – are the three most valuable in Maine, comprising more than 75 percent all the marine fishing revenue in the state (with lobster alone making up nearly 70 percent). And in all three fisheries, the effect of mild winter weather on ocean temperatures was cited by scientists and industry officials as a primary factor on the upheaval the fisheries experienced in 2012 and, to a lesser extent, in 2013. Read the rest here 07:54
