April 24, 2019 — Expanding opportunities for the sale and processing of frozen lobster parts would provide a “great economic shot in the arm” for the vital fishing industry in Massachusetts, Cape Cod Rep. Sarah Peake said Tuesday.
House lawmakers agreed to a policy rider Tuesday as part of their deliberation on a $42.7 billion state budget that would allow authorized persons to process and sell frozen lobster parts in Massachusetts, building on a 2013 law that allowed the sale and processing of shell-on lobster tails that meet certain size requirements.
Rep. William Straus, a Mattapoisett Democrat who offered the amendment, said the breaking apart of lobsters for public sale has been “highly regulated” and the reforms already made have increased the availability of “the kinds of lobster products the public is looking for.”
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