Clash Over Canadian Lobster Catch
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Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick are at odds over the size of lobsters that fishermen are allowed to catch in the Northumberland Strait.
New Brunswick wants to raise the minimum size by a mere 1/25 of an inch.
But lobster fishermen in PEI want to keep the size limit as it is.
They've built a market on selling smaller lobsters.
Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest on this lobster tale from The World's Andrea Crossan.
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