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Scientists worry lobster conservation is faltering

By Patrick Whittle
Published August 3, 2014 5:29pm ET
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Scientists worry lobster conservation is faltering
In this Tuesday, July 29, 2014 photo, a lobsterman displays the tail flipper of a V-notched female lobster while fishing off Monhegan Island, Maine. V-notching is a mandatory practice in which Maine lobstermen mark an egg-bearing lobster on its tail before returning it to the water. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) | Robert F. Bukaty

WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Marine scientists and lobster harvesters in Maine’s largest fishery say some fishermen may be abandoning a key conservation method practiced for nearly 100 years at a time of growing fears that a run of record hauls is coming to an end.

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