date:May 22, 2014
lobsters came from a scientific study ordered by U.S. District Court in Bangor.
At a public hearing in March in Bucksport, there was criticism of how the situation came to be and how it has been handled, but no one spoke in opposition to banning lobster and crab fishing in the lower river for the long term.
Sheila and Mike Dassatt, a Belfast couple active with the Downeast Lobstermens Association, said Friday that the indefinite closure of the lower river does not come as a surprise.
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