By JOHN RICHARDSON,

As lobstermen see profits dwindle, the coastal towns they live in
try to help – and wonder how they'll make ends meet.

There are still lobsters to catch, but lobstermen up and down the Maine coast have been hauling their traps back to shore as much as two months earlier than usual. Many in southern and midcoast Maine are now fishing for other jobs to pay the bills, while those in more isolated parts of the state are simply hunkering down for a long, lean winter.

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