Why Maine's $1 Billion Lobster Industry Could Be At Risk | Big Business | Business Insider

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  @thycatalyst · 1 year ago

  My father was a lobsterman. He got up every morning at four and came home every night stinking of brine! He sent me through law school with the lobsters he caught!

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• MI

  @missy1806 · 1 year ago

  Jacob Knowles is a channel on YT & a lobsterman from Maine who shows interesting things about catching lobsters in Maine. His co-op is partnered with Luke's, who are famous for selling lobster. He explains a range of things from sustainability, bait catching (where they used to have to buy their bait), the different traps and how they work, the amount of time & effort, equipment etc. Never thought I would learn about this from Melb, Australia

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  @MsSasha4444 · 1 year ago

  I worked for a lobsterman I college. We worked from 5 am to 7\8 pm six days a week. Each day we hauled 500 traps (a total of 1500 traps). What a beautiful office we had with great memories.

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• PO

  @polkcountyboxbreaks · 1 year ago

  I told my kids WalMart used to have live lobsters crawling around in a tank.  They looked at me like I was crazy 😂

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• DO

  @dostagirl9551 · 1 year ago

  Lobster fishermen and the ones who cultivate clams and oysters are some of the most conscientious out there. They both guard and protect their fishing grounds. Not just from poachers but also in ensuring nothing comes in that would negatively affect the water quality.

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• MA

  @MAPLEDRAGONS9876 · 1 year ago

  love the idea of diversifying the food chain a bit more, will help us in the face of extreme events

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• OR

  @orangekid2175 · 1 year ago

  My buddy was a fisherman, not lobster. He switched over to seaweed, kelp and has built a business called Vitaman Sea seaweed. He washes, dries, cuts and sells.

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• KE

  @keneagle7684 · 1 year ago

  That is great that there are people out there that think differently.

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• DE

  @deedubs-71 · 1 year ago

  I wrk in a highend restaurant and our 3lb lobsters cost $138. Lobster prices have sky rocketed!

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• SK

  @skizztrizz4453 · 1 year ago

  Lobster, chicken wings, Bbq, and now, oxtails. Damn, we (working class)can't keep anything. 🤔🤦🏾‍♂️🤣

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• FI

  @fitzwits · 1 year ago (edited)

  I have mad respect for people that farm or fish food for others. It's admirable and usually an incredibly difficult job that takes a long time to do even longer to master.

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• SH

  @SheezyPeezyLemonSqueezy · 9 months ago

  When I was growing up my dad's best friend from college quit school to work his dad's lobster boats. I grew up eating lobster twice a week because we got it for pennies. I always wanted to work on the boats when I grew up, it seemed like a dream for me growing up in Maine. All it took was one summer as a teen and I never wanted to work on a lobster boat again

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