Reader RN in Casco sent this one over: "Maine Trade Mission To United Arab Emirates Seen As Promising".

Too bad for us that lobsters are haraam - forbidden by Islam.

See, Muslims can only eat fish with scales ... and shrimp. Yeah, not sure how shrimp figures in, but it does.

Either way, lobsters aren't gonna happen. Unless it's for the tourists, like the liquor and beer at the hotels ...