Host Ben Martens sits down with Rep. Jay McCreight to talk about a bill she has introduced in the Maine legislature which would change when someone can get a lobster license. Currently, fishermen who aren't young enough for the student program, have to sit on a wait list to enter the fishery. This wait can take as long as 20 years in some areas. The new bill by Rep. McCreight would allow anyone on the wait list over 10 years to enter the fishery. But with everything happening to the lobster fishery, is now the right time?

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