Mercury findings prompt state to widen lobster fishing ban in Penobscot River estuary - Press Herald

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Mercury findings prompt state to widen lobster fishing ban in Penobscot River estuary Press Herald The Maine Department of Marine Resources had declared seven square miles of the Penobscot River estuary off limits to lobstermen and crabbers in 2014 after a federal court-ordered study detected elevated mercury levels in lobsters found as far south as ... Lobster and crab fishing closure area expandedCourier-Gazette & Camden Herald (subscription) Detecting more mercury contamination, state extends Penobscot Bay lobster, crab closure areaPenBayPilot.com all 6 news articles »

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