Maine lobster industry told to plan ahead for likely decline

The state’s lobster industry needs to develop a road map for changes it likely will have to contend with in the not-too-distant future.

Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, stressed that message Tuesday to a few dozen lobstermen and other people who attended an industry meeting at the local Neighborhood House.

The state of the resource — the lobster population in the Gulf of Maine — is good right now, he said, which is why it’s a good time to start talking about what should be done when it inevitably starts to decline.

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