MONCTON, NB – Limitations have been imposed on lobster fishermen who protest in front of processing plants in the region.

According to the Times and Transcript, a Moncton judge has agreed to limit the number of protestors to six at each of the nine processors involved in the legal action.

They must also stay at least 200 feet away from the entrance and exits of the plants.

The processors say the protests are harming the industry and causing them to lose millions of dollars.

A group of lobster processing plants filed the court action against the Maritime Fishermen’s Union.

Lobster fishermen have conducted a number of recent blockades of trucks trying to enter plants with cheap Maine lobster.

They say the Maine lobster is driving down prices and they won’t be able to turn a profit when lobster season opens here next week.