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PEI on verge of record lobster landings

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By SeafoodSource staff
18 July, 2012 - Prince Edward Island has fished a record haul of lobster this year with some estimating the seafood king landings will be as much as 35 percent higher than 2011.

That kind of increase is one of the factors causing some of the weakest lobster prices in years for Maine fishermen, says Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Department of Marine Resources in Maine. As well, it has helped to create a lack of demand by Canadian processors to import Maine lobster.

“That figure seems huge,” said Ian MacPherson, general manager of the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association in response to the claims from south of the border. “We have had a strong year but I think 35 percent is over the top.

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