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PETA lodges complaint against another Maine lobster processor
In a complaint sent to Hancock County District Attorney Matthew Foster, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it recorded an undercover video of the alleged mistreatment at the Maine Fair Trade Lobster plant on Oct. 1. PETA has posted the video on its website. The video shows lobsters being dismembered, with some sets of legs continuing to move after they’ve been separated from the rest of the body. In a six-page letter sent to police and prosecutors, the group notes that some overseas authorities have concluded lobsters can feel pain and that some countries have banned boiling them alive. >click to read<12:42
Kyle Murdock, Sea Hag Seafood – A Word With the Boss: Family’s question inspires Maine lobster processor
Kyle Murdock, 24, attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute before dropping out to start Sea Hag Seafood in 2010, a lobster processing company in St. George. In October, Murdock was named one of eight international winners of the Hitachi Foundation’s Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneur’s Program, which provides a $40,000 grant and business development and mentoring assistance. Sea Hag Seafood has about 65 employees during the height of processing season in August. Murdock said his company ships roughly 1 million pounds of lobster a year, with revenues of about $10 million annually. His annual salary is about $40,000. more@portlandpress 10:12
