ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) - The Maine Lobster Festival is wrapping in Rockland, Maine, with a contest in which children carry cod fish.
The festival is a celebration of the state’s biggest tourist attraction and signature treat, the lobster. Sunday is the final day of this year’s five-day festival. The Children’s Cod Fish Carry is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
The festival also includes a parade and a carnival. It’s taking place in Rockland’s Harbor Park. It first took place in 1947.
The event happening amid a boom in lobster catch in the state. Maine lobstermen are catching more than 120 million pounds of lobster every year for the past three years. Catches between 60 million and 80 million were more common a decade ago.
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Online: https://www.mainelobsterfestival.com/
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