Cruise ships load up on lobster during Maine port calls
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Press Herald] By Jennifer Van Allen - October 14, 2014 -
Cruise ships still have appetite for lobster. The lines got the buy-local bug after helping to erase a glut of the delicacy two years ago.
Cruise ship operators are becoming big buyers of lobster, according to Rep. Chellie Pingree.
Two years ago, Pingree wrote to the chief executives of several major cruise ship companies urging them to buy local lobsters while in port. At the time, there was a glut of lobster, depressing prices for the entire industry.
Celebrity and Norwegian cruise lines responded by buying Maine lobsters. Others have as well.
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