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Oysters, crab and $400,000 worth of lobster meat stolen in New England
Three seafood thefts including $400,000 in lobster occurred via impersonation and cyber strategies, causing significant losses to New England aquaculture and distributors.
- On Nov. 22 in Falmouth, Maine, the Maine Marine Patrol reported 14 oyster cages worth $20,000 stolen from a Casco Bay aquaculture site, affecting a small aquaculture businessman.
- According to trade-group officials, freight thefts typically fall into two categories and have worsened in recent years, with daily incidents becoming more common.
- Using spoofed credentials, the impersonating carrier stole lobster meat valued at $400K in the Dec. 12 pickup, said Dylan Rexing, CEO of Rexing Companies.
- A broker reported a lobster load vanished after leaving a Lineage Logistics warehouse on Tuesday, and companies including Lineage Logistics and Costco declined to comment.
- Across the region, law enforcement and industry observers describe seafood thefts as sophisticated and frequent, with incidents about 160 miles away in Taunton, Massachusetts affecting regional seafood supply chains.
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CONCORD, New Hampshire — Just imagine the buffet. Forty thousand oysters, lobsters valued at $400,000 and a stash of crab meat were stolen in various incidents in recent weeks in New England. The first shellfish disappeared on November 22 in Falmouth, Maine, where authorities suspect that someone stole 14 crates full of oysters from a aquaculture farm in Casco Bay. Many of the oysters were fully developed and ready for sale and, along with the c…
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