Bayer Comments in AP Report Posted on Fox News Website

Bob Bayer, a UMaine professor of animal and veterinary sciences and the executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute commented in an Associated Press report about the drop in lobster prices that was posted on the Fox News website. Bayer said the average price of new shell lobsters is $1 to $1.50 lower than last summer, which is a problem for the lobster industry.

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