The Department of Marine Resources, Feb 22, issued preliminary numbers for 2011 fisheries landings at 276,602,846 pounds with a total price received by fishermen at the docks of $425,774,826.
Compared to 2010 levels, this represents an increase of almost 21 million pounds, largely due to increases in lobster and Atlantic herring landings. A decrease of $30 million was mostly attributable to a decrease in farmed …