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The newest ingredient in food innovation: AI is giving Maine producers an edge
Sloane M. Perron Updated: November 3, 2025Aquaculture, a young industry that's only been around about 50 years, has embraced technology. Now, underwater cameras and sensors analyze fish behavior in real time, with algorithms determining the optimal timing for feed release.
Sloane M. Perron Updated: November 3, 2025
Downeast conservation group hires its first chief of staff
Alexis Wells Updated: November 3, 2025Carla Ganiel, the new chief of staff at the Downeast Salmon Federation, has held leadership roles with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, AmeriCorps and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Alexis Wells Updated: November 3, 2025
Skincare startup funds UMaine scholarship to spark innovation
Alexis Wells Updated: October 29, 2025A portion of all sales will go towards a scholarship to help students cover the cost of taking their first innovation engineering course.
Alexis Wells Updated: October 29, 2025
Bigelow Lab looks to create 'blue' biotechnology businesses and jobs
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 28, 2025Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is an East Boothbay nonprofit research institute focused on global ocean health.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 28, 2025
Film highlights intricacy of Penobscot Nation’s salmon restoration efforts
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 28, 2025Historical threats of overfishing and pollution have diminished but dams still plague restoration efforts. Atlantic salmon is an important species to the Penobscot Nation.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 28, 2025-
Downeast waters get a cleanup of abandoned aquaculture gear
Laurie Schreiber October 9, 2025Cleanup focused on granite blocks, 70-meter plastic rings, nets, floats and more than a half mile of pipe.
Laurie Schreiber October 9, 2025
'Shake up your routine': Business leaders offer 60 ideas in 60 minutes at Mainebiz forum
Renee Cordes and Alexis Wells Updated: October 9, 2025In preparation for the talk, each panelist was asked to share 10 ideas that were used as a starting point for the conversation and compiled in a booklet for attendees to take home.
Renee Cordes and Alexis Wells Updated: October 9, 2025
Japanese expertise considered key to building Maine’s farmed scallop industry
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 6, 2025The delegation builds on previous trips to learn how scallops are grown, harvested, processed, marketed and made into various products in Japan, toward diversifying Maine’s coastal economy.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: October 6, 2025
40 Under 40: Alexa Coulombe McGovern is a mom on a mission to fight plastic pollution with kelp
Updated: October 6, 2025The flounder of Dirigo Sea Farm says that becoming a mom and cancer patient inspired her to do something to limit exposure to environmental toxins.
Updated: October 6, 2025
Two Maine brands join forces for a coastal-inspired collection
Alexis Wells Updated: November 13, 2025Sea Bags and Rugged Seas have created limited-edition totes and wristlets.
Alexis Wells Updated: November 13, 2025
More startup incubators start up: Public and private organizations join forces to stoke entrepreneurs
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 8, 2025Partnerships, collaborations and facilities are popping up to support startups and entrepreneurs in fields ranging from life sciences to food production to marine biotechnology.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 8, 2025
Ocean farming and fishing diversification are the focus of Island Institute grants
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 5, 2025From a solar-powered kelp nursery to adaptation for an Islesboro road that’s a lifeline for the island, recipients span aquaculture, fishery diversification and climate solutions.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 5, 2025
Gear for growing scallops is harvesting shellfish — and awards
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 1, 2025Seascale, founded by Charles Walsh and Jon Steuber, swept the competition’s three prize categories, receiving $20,000 as the judge’s Pitch Prize winner, $3,000 as the Founder’s Choice award and $2,000 by audience voting.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: September 1, 2025
Making waves in Maine: ‘Lift All Boats’ program mentors teens in the art of lobstering
Renee Cordes Updated: September 1, 2025The nonprofit mentorship program by the team behind Luke’s Lobster aims to give high school students an entry point into lobstering either as a hobby or livelihood.
Renee Cordes Updated: September 1, 2025
Ahoy! Moosehead Lake’s fabled steamship Katahdin still chugging
Jim Neuger Updated: August 25, 2025Mainebiz contributing photographer Jim Neuger spends an afternoon on Moosehead Lake's historic "steamship" Katahdin, known to fans as the Kate.
Jim Neuger Updated: August 25, 2025
Maine regulator acquires remotely operated vehicle to assess aquaculture sites
Laurie Schreiber August 20, 2025Previously, scientists plunged in with dive equipment and recording devices — a time consuming and labor-intensive process.
Laurie Schreiber August 20, 2025
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Small Business Saturday, the annual tradition that encourages shoppers to support local, independent retailers and entrepreneurs, marked its 16th rendition on Nov. 29, with events held across the nation.
Founded by American Express in 2010, the yearly event has become an essential part of the holiday shopping season. The Small Business Administration became the official co-sponsor in 2011.
Last year, shoppers turned out in full force to support their local communities, generating an estimated $22 billion in spending at small retailers and restaurants.
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