Mass. Senate Hopes to Advance Lobster Processing Bill in Budget Process; Would Bring Jobs to State
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Gloucester Daily Times] By Sean Horgan- June 20, 2017
Tuesday is Lobster Day at the State House and lobster industry stakeholders are using the event to urge legislators to support a proposal to expand in-state processing of lobsters and lobster parts.
The proposal, contained in an amendment in the state Senate’s recently passed budget, would allow licensed Bay State wholesalers to process unfrozen raw lobsters, as well as allowing the sale of previously frozen raw in-shell tails and the importation of unfrozen shell-on lobster parts and tails...
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