Janet Mills earmarks $8 million in COVID-19 relief funds to help lobstermen

MAINE PUBLIC • June 23, 2022

Gov. Janet Mills is dedicating more than $8 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to Maine's lobster and aquaculture industries, as they contend with inflation and supply-chain problems. With prices for bait and boat fuel bouncing around at record highs, and lobster prices coming down from last year's levels, lobstermen say that 2022 is not shaping up well.