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- NATION, Page 45American NotesMAINERallying to The Claws
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- Lobstermen in Kennebunkport, Me., are boiling mad about
- special arrangements for one of the neighbors. They learned last
- week that the U.S. Coast Guard will enforce a 500-yd. "security
- zone" in the waters around George Bush's summer home on Walker's
- Point, site of some of Maine's best lobstering. Whenever the
- President is in residence, Coast Guard cutters will stop and
- search lobster boats seeking to enter the zone. Even more
- frustrating to the 40 or so lobstermen affected: the cutters'
- propellers tend to get snarled in the traplines, resulting in
- dozens of lost traps.
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- During his campaign for the White House, Bush promised that
- if his visits affected the lobstermen's livelihood, "I would not
- come here." But at a meeting with the aggrieved group last week,
- Coast Guard Captain R.W. ("Bud") Breault offered little hope
- that the rules would be relaxed. Some lobstermen, claiming that
- steering clear of the zone could cost them as much as $700 a
- week in lost catches, vow to continue placing traps in the
- restricted area.
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