hour. >> reporter: so these are decent jobs? >> yeah, it's a living wage. >> reporter: maine coast moves 7 million pounds of lobster a year. they've aggressively pursued other markets when exports to china collapsed. they'd like to expand more. but -- >> the uncertainty is what's hard. and it's trying on all of our employees. we ended the year performing basically on target. we didn't grow as much as we would like to grow or historically have grown, but we didn't lose. >> reporter: the industry holding on for now has a simple message for the president. >> this is american jobs. it's rural jobs. these are industries that are really, really important for rural america. >> reporter: for lobster men like cody noonan who likes the president, the tariff war, wearing thin. >> he made it sound very good, you know, when he was running. >> reporter: how much is he hurting you personally right now or this tariff war hurting you personally? >> it's hurting. it's hurting. >> reporter: miguel marquez,