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Many of the workers in Maine's lobster processing industry are people of color, but lobstermen are almost all white. A new program is aiming to diversify the state's lobster fleet.

As many regions of the United States endure the extreme effects of climate change, some scientists believe interior Maine could be a refuge. Maine Public Radio's Fred Bever reports. And, the Muscogee Creek Nation was forced by the government to leave Georgia two centuries ago. But a new move by the Biden administration will give them a say in the management of the Okefenokee Swamp, a part of the tribe's ancestral history. WABE's Molly Samuel reports.

As many regions of the United States endure the extreme effects of climate change, some scientists believe interior Maine could be a refuge.

Last week federal officials announced they aim to deploy high-tech fishing gear on as many as 100 lobster and crab boats in New England. It's the latest move to bring Maine's lobster fleet into a new era, as an onslaught of potentially transformative federal regulations intended to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales take effect.