Maine lobstering has very stringent regulations now, but as you also point out, those regulations didn’t affect lobstering from other jurisdictions. Unless they only lobstered in Maine’s maritime jurisdiction - a cartographical line no lobster recognizes - whatever their quotas were or were not still affects the stability and viability of the overall population

So many comments here seem to stem from a complete willful ignorance of the plain fact breeding grounds are moving north - and have been - due to (1) warming seas and (2) over lobstering*

Even with all the checks in place to prevent over lobstering, they only started in earnest what…30 years ago? 40?

Do you people not remember Rachel Carson anymore, or are you so flannel-addled you’ve forgotten that resources are limited and endangered by overuse?

Are you sure they don’t mean Brunschweig?

I still find it abominable that Hallowell is a chartered city and Kittery is not.

But you have to remember the average voter is incredibly stupid

Sorrel “caribou” are better and worth the cost