State officials are throwing cold water on the idea of putting up a 5-foot tall granite tombstone at the site of a lobster truck crash in Brunswick – but animal rights activists behind the idea say they aren’t giving up. People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals, known for attention-getting publicity stunts, wanted to put the tombstone on the […]
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Rare ghost lobster caught off Stonington
Even in Maine, a see-through lobster is a sight to see. Fishmerman Mike Billings hauled in this rare translucent lobster on Tuesday morning off Stonington. According to Canada’s Global News, the odds of landing an albino or “ghost” lobster are 100 million to 1. The “ghost” lobsters are likely caused by a genetic condition called Leucism. Billings […]
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The pain! Switzerland bans boiling live lobsters
Poached, grilled, or baked with brie. Served on a roll, or in mac ‘n cheese. Lobsters might be one of the most popular crustaceans in the culinary arts. But when it comes to killing them, there’s a long and unresolved debate about how to do it humanely, and whether that extra consideration is even necessary. […]
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M. Perreault: Cruelty to lobsters
Recently, I happened to watch a news program that showed a processing plant for lobsters. The lobsters were being torn apart while they were still alive. How cruel. Lobsters can feel pain. They have feelings. If you take a lobster and place it on a counter at home, just pat the lobster’s head and it […]
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Maine still in denial about climate change
Tom Boatner would never be mistaken for a left-leaning, big-city liberal. He spent 30 years fighting fires in the American West before becoming chief of fire operations for the Bureau of Land Management. After the tragic deaths of 19 young firefighters Sunday afternoon in Arizona, CBS aired a segment of a previous interview with him. […]
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Groups begin campaign about threats to Maine lobsters
PORTLAND (AP) — A coalition of diverse groups is launching a campaign to raise public awareness about pollution they say is threatening Maine’s lobster population. The Maine Lobster Council, Ready Seafood Co., the Maine Restaurant Association, the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center and the Natural Resources Council of Maine are holding a press conference […]