Maine Hits Snag in Effort to Distribute Pandemic Aid to Seafood Industry

September 8, 2020 PENELOPE OVERTON, PRESS HERALD

Maine’s plan to distribute the $ 20 million in COVID-19 relief earmarked for the state’s seafood industry is facing unexpected opposition from federal regulators who say individual recipients, not the fishery as a whole, must demonstrate a 35 percent revenue loss this spring before they can qualify for pandemic assistance.