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after year lately, Maine's lobster landings have
risen to record heights, even as the levels of many
fish stocks remain miserably low. The latest figures,
issued this spring, put last year's catch at an
unheard-of 56.7 million pounds, about 20 million
pounds above the 100-year average and nearly triple
the take of 15 years ago... Read more in this New
York Times article.