New Lobster Processor Hopes To Help Bring Economic Stability To Maine’s Schoodic Area

GOULDSBORO, Maine — For the past year and a half, two regional seafood distributors have been working together to create the largest lobster processing plant in the state.

And much to the relief of local residents, the two have been doing it quietly, with little fanfare or drama.

Maine Fair Trade Lobster, a partnership between East Coast Seafood and Garbo Lobster, is expanding its operations and finishing up about $3 million worth of renovations at the former Stinson Seafood cannery. In early May, the company plans to resume production at the plant with nearly 200 employees, roughly 50 percent more than the 130 workers it employed last year.

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