Beginning in April 2009, Maine lobstermen were forced to abandon using float-rope to connect traps on the ocean floor because of the hazard they posed to Northern Right Whales and other marine life, ...

Frank Thompson was among the scores of unhappy lobstermen who delivered millions of feet of rope to a warehouse in this fishing community. He said the fishing rope piled high in his pickup truck and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ROCKLAND, Maine — Rope once used to connect lobster traps on the ocean floor soon will grace the entryways of people’s houses. At a warehouse in this ...

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