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Lobstermen in Maine ready for debate over license wait list
There are few things in Maine as coveted as a lobster fishing license, and a proposal to bring dozens of people off the state’s license waiting list has fishermen in the state ready for a debate. More than 200 people are waiting in the wings for a lobstering license, which has long been a ticket to the middle class for working coastal Mainers. But a proposal before a state legislative committee would bring new people into the fishery who have been waiting for 10 or more years. >click to read<12:40
Chase the Ace winner helps son to follow his dream of becoming a fisherman!
A Nova Scotia woman who won $1.7 million in a local lottery that triggered a province-wide “Chase the Ace” craze says her son has been able to follow his dream of becoming a lobster fisherman because of her winnings. Donelda MacAskill won the jackpot last October in a game of Chase the Ace that drew tens of thousands of people to the tiny Cape Breton community of Inverness. The 61-year-old woman from Englishtown, N.S., said since her big win, she’s helped her 38-year-old son Kenzie follow in his father’s footsteps to attain a lobster fishing license of his own. Read the rest here 11:28
