It can happen with electronics and toys, so why not lobsters?
Federal officials have determined that foreign competition has caused the price and volume of Long Island Sound lobsters to drop, and lobstermen who meet certain criteria can receive cash grants of up to $12,000 and free job training.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has certified a petition filed by the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association that market forces caused their price and volume to drop. The grants through the department's Trade Adjustment Assistance program are available to those who can prove that they commercially harvested and sold lobsters in the state in 2009 and in at least one other year between 2006 and 2006, said Margaret Van Patten of the University of Connecticut
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Federal officials have determined that foreign competition has caused the price and volume of Long Island Sound lobsters to drop, and lobstermen who meet certain criteria can receive cash grants of up to $12,000 and free job training.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has certified a petition filed by the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association that market forces caused their price and volume to drop. The grants through the department's Trade Adjustment Assistance program are available to those who can prove that they commercially harvested and sold lobsters in the state in 2009 and in at least one other year between 2006 and 2006, said Margaret Van Patten of the University of Connecticut
read more
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/State-lobstermen-could-be-eligible-for-12-000-778876.php