EU Trade Committee Votes 40-2 to back EU-US Lobster Deal

The Maine Lobster Dealers’ Association (MLDA) welcomed the news today that the European Union Trade Committee voted overwhelmingly to advance the so-called “Lobster Mini Deal.”

Annie TselikisNovember 11, 2020Trade, European Union

MLDA expresses disappointment in USDA Seafood Trade Relief Program

The Maine Lobster Dealers’ Association is extremely disappointed in today’s announcement from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding their plan to rollout $530 million to solely support U.S. commercial fishermen under the Seafood Trade Relief Program (STRP).

Annie TselikisSeptember 9, 2020lobster, trade, tariffs, China, US China Trade War

EU eliminates tariffs on US lobster exports

The US lobster industry received news today that the EU will eliminate tariffs on US lobster exports, retroactive to August 1, 2020.

Annie TselikisAugust 21, 2020trade, tariffs, European Union, Lobster

Maine lobster industry partnering with state prisons to address workforce woes

There is ample opportunity to be had in Maine’s USD 1 billion (EUR 876 million) lobster industry for those who are eager and interested in the work.

That was the overarching message shared with a group of inmates at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, Maine, U.S.A. on 7 December, during a kickoff session for a new training program aimed at readying incarcerated Mainers with the skills, knowledge, and abilities to potentially land a job in the lobster industry upon release from prison.

Established through a collaboration between the Maine Lobster Dealers’ Association and the Maine Department of Corrections, the certificate-earning program is comprised of a series of workshops focused on supply chain dynamics, lobster handling, packaging and shipping, and warehouse and plant safety.

Annie TselikisDecember 21, 2018Maine Correctional Center

Lobster Dealers partner with Department of Corrections to find workers

WINDHAM, MAINE — Lobster dealers are partnering with the Maine Department of Corrections in a new program that's intended to help them find the workers they need.

Annie Tselikis, executive director of Maine Lobster Dealers' Association, said the new initiative is intended to address the same story she hears all the time from lobster companies ranging from Kittery to Lubec: They're struggling to find the workers they need to process and ship live lobsters around the world.

Annie TselikisDecember 7, 2018Maine Correctional Centerworkforce, training, lobster

Trump Reaches temporary trade truce at g-20

Under the agreement, the U.S. won’t raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods at the start of the new year and China agreed to buy more U.S. goods, the White House says. China also agreed to consider the opioid fentanyl as a controlled substance.

Annie TselikisDecember 2, 2018Maine Lobster Dealers' AssociationTrade, china