Maine Lobster Processors Better Prepared for Potential Glut Market

JIM KEITHLEY SHOWS US WHILE -- THIS TIME. JIM: THE LUCKY CATCH, A LOBSTER BOAT. HAULING TRAPS ON THIS SPRING DAY. WITH GUESTS FROM TEXAS. IT IS IN UNPREDICTABLE BUSINESS. CAPTAIN DAVE ALSO OFFERS LOBSTER OF MAINE. >> IT STABILIZES THE INCOME. JIM: LOBSTERS WERE KEEP HIM BUSY. >> WE THINK WE LOBSTERS EARLIER THAN USUAL. WE MIGHT NOT SEE ANY THAT REALLY SHOW BY JULY. JI THERE ARE WORRIES THAT THIS YEARS AGO. KEEP UP. A POUND. IN 2012, PROTEST ERECTED BECAUSE MAINE LOBSTER WAS FLOODING. >>> THE REST LOBSTER WE HAVE TO SEND THE CANADA THE BETTER. JIM: THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY SINCE THAT DISASTROUS SUMMER. 21,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY OPENED ITS DOORS IN 2014. ON ANY GIVEN DAY BETWEEN 35,000 BE COOKED AND PACK. A HUNDRED PEOPLE WORK YOUR EARNING $20 AN HOUR. WITH FISHERMEN. SHIPPING IT DIRECTLY THERE IS NO MIDDLEMAN. IN THE FISHING BUSINESS FOR YEARS. YORK CITY. A CASUAL RESTAURANT IN THE EAST VILLAGE WITH LINES OUT THE DOOR. FOR A LOBSTER ROLL. >> WHEN WE GREW IT BECAME PROCESSING FACILITY. DIRECTLY TO OUR RESTAURANT. WE ARE KEEPING LOBSTERS FROM THOSE MAINE DOCS AND BEING HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.