The Great Lobster War

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In 1957, the Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) known as for strikes after prices dropped for the second one year in a row. This text examines the ensuing trial between the MLA and america Justice Department, in addition to taking a look at the industry itself and the aftermath of the controversy.
In 1956 the Maine Lobsterman’s Association used to be created to break the stranglehold placed on the group by fish dealers, who the fishermen accused of price fixing. Nearly 4,000 fishermen refused to fish in retaliation for dealers’ price reductions of their catch, and these disgruntled seamen tried to persuade the remainder of their lobstering brothers and sisters to do the same. Before the strike could make a real affect, the dealers complained to the Justice Department, claiming that the association’s striking fishermen were harassing those who chose to continue working. Thus summoned, the Department went on to charge both parties with antitrust violations, instigating a circus-like investigation and trial. Given a cast of rugged fisherman, slippery dealers, and ardent yet misguided federal prosecutors, University of Florida history professor Ron Formisano recreates the trial and its more than a few repercussions from the beginning of the conflict to its unexpected and in the end inconsequential end. Remarkably thorough, The Great Lobster War reveals much about the character of the fishermen in addition to the people of Maine, playing up the confrontation that pitted underdog lobstermen against dealers backed by the power of a market economy.

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