SHEDIAC, New Brunswick — Fishermen in southeastern New Brunswick say their fight to stop cheap Maine lobster from being processed in the Canadian province is far from over.
Hundreds of fishermen prevented a truck from unloading lobster from Maine on Thursday at a Shediac processing plant. The truck ended up leaving with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police escort.
There also were similar incidents at a pair of lobster-processing plants in Cap-Pele, a small town on the Northumberland Strait, 200 miles east of Calais.
There's currently a glut of Maine-caught lobster on the market, depressing prices to about $2.99 per pound. Some Maine lobstermen resorted to tying up their boats briefly, but the glut and low prices remain.
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