Tag: Maine lobster

Maine Lobstermen Square Off With Aquarium Over ‘False Statements’ Harming Sales

March 15, 2023
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After years of back and forth with environmentalists, government officials, and others over alleged harm to the North Atlantic right whale, Maine’s lobstermen are going to court. An attorney for the fishermen said they are ready for both sides to lay their cards on the table. “We would like to resolve this as soon as…

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How to Teach Children Restaurant Etiquette

May 18, 2022
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Dining out expands a well-behaved child’s worldview and makes it more enjoyable for the adults at the table, as well as others nearby, too. Be Realistic Age matters—there should be different expectations for a child of five versus a 15-year-old teenager. A very young child may become bored, tired, cranky, or all three at once….

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China Accused of Failing to Buy More Maine Lobster

February 21, 2022
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PORTLAND, Maine—China has failed to live up to its promise to buy more Maine lobster, Maine’s congressional leaders say. Maine’s lobster industry was hurt by retaliatory Chinese tariffs in 2018 and failed to see substantial export gains after China committed to buying an additional $200 billion in U.S. goods, the delegation contends. Under the “Phase…

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China-Linked Twitter Accounts Claim COVID-19 Came From Maine Lobster

October 24, 2021
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Recently, some China-linked Twitter accounts have been spreading misinformation about the source of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, in attempts to falsely attribute the origin of the virus to lobsters from Maine. Marcel Schliebs, an Oxford University researcher first noticed the misinformation campaign when the Chinese consul general in Kolkata,…

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