Maine Lobster Success
Term Paper “Explaining the Success of the Lobster Industry”
Introduction
The Maine lobster has provided a decent income and standard of living for my home community for years and years. Recently, however, the lobster industry has boomed and has been a very lucrative business for many local fishermen. Although the price has fallen to a meager $2.25 a pound and the weather has made this fall less than average, the lobster industry in the past decade
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maintain their forests, potato farmers must take care of their land, and yes, we have to take care of our industry and hope that the industry takes care of the 7,000 plus lobstermen, including myself.
Bibliography
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Information Leaflet No. 26, October 1995.
Merrill, Jack. “Managing the Lobster Fishery into the 21st Century: A Maine
Lobsterman’s Perspective”, MPBC.org, 2000.
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