PORTLAND, OR. — September 1, 2013 — Maine's seafood harvest topped half a billion dollars for the first time as fishermen had the second-largest haul by weight since 1950, according to preliminary 2012 statistics released by the Department of Marine Resources.
For the year, fishermen harvested 318 million pounds of fish, shellfish and other marine species valued at $527.7 million.
The value of the harvest shatters the previous one-year best of $456.8 million in 2010, according to DMR statistics. The 318 million-pound haul is the largest on record since 1950, when the catch topped 356 million pounds.
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