date:Dec 17, 2012
nds for the first time and this years haul is expected to be even higher.
Warm ocean waters are being blamed for lobsters shedding their shells weeks earlier than usual in Maine waters last spring. That led to a strong early harvest that created havoc within the industry, caused prices to plummet and made tensions boil over between Maine and Canadian lobster fishermen after Canadians blockaded plants that were processing Maine-caught lobsters.
An oversupply of those lobsters looking for a home