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A free-trade deal is paving the way for two men with Maine ties to export lobster products to Panama.
Panama ratified the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement in 2007, but Congress only passed it in October. When Brier and Mosher determined that crustaceans were covered by the agreement, they sensed a business opportunity. Read the complete story from The Portland Press Herald.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
