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Fisheries & Marine
Island Institute adds leaders across operations, policy and philanthropy
Updated: June 4, 2025The Rockland-based nonprofit works with 120 island and coastal communities to strengthen economies, enhance education and share information and resources.
Updated: June 4, 2025
Slurpin’ USA: On the water with Maine’s oyster growers
Updated: June 2, 2025Mainebiz contributing photographer Jim Neuger spends time with Maine's oyster growers for a photo essay.
Updated: June 2, 2025
Editor's note: How oysters and potatoes find their way to our tables
Updated: June 2, 2025There’s an old saying, “It took a brave man to eat the first oyster.” And it took a brave photographer to get out in a small skiff on a cold spring day — all in the name of documenting the Maine oyster trade.
Updated: June 2, 2025
Southern Maine firms team up on workboat designed with electric propulsion
Updated: May 29, 2025A workboat designed for electric propulsion performed successful sea trials. “This is about delivering zero-emission tools that meet the demands of working waterfronts.”
Updated: May 29, 2025
New England Ocean Cluster teams up with USM on 'commercialization' effort
May 25, 2025Amid changing federal research funding landscapes, the partnership will support blue economy research and development and create commercialization pathways.
May 25, 2025-
Federal government restores $4.5M Maine Sea Grant funding
Updated: May 5, 2025Money was made immediately available for the upcoming year, with funding for two additional years contingent on future appropriations by Congress.
Updated: May 5, 2025
Mainers are harvesting more edible seaweed, but still asking how consumers might buy it
Updated: April 28, 2025Farming of seaweed and related edible products has increased in Maine, but tapping into what consumers would buy or eat can pose challenges.
Updated: April 28, 2025
Conservation group to buy Nordic Aquafarms land in Belfast
April 23, 2025Nordic Aquafarms earlier this year abandoned its proposal to build a land-based salmon farm at the site and listed the 53.9 acres for $2 million.
April 23, 2025
Federal scallop fishery is reopened after early season shutdown
April 21, 2025The federal agency charged with setting fishing quotas had been sidelined by ongoing policy changes coming from the Trump administration. The fishery was reopened April 21.
April 21, 2025
Lobstermen say modern data collection essential to support resource
Updated: April 21, 2025Crucial data such as water temperature, salinity, wind and past weather patterns are helpful to compare year to year, said one fisherman.
Updated: April 21, 2025
Lobster industry hails executive order easing fishery regulations
Updated: April 21, 2025The executive order “recognizes the challenges our fishing families and communities face and we appreciate the commitment to reduce burdensome regulations and strengthen the competitiveness of American seafood.”
Updated: April 21, 2025
From legends to Lady Gaga: World’s first digital lobster museum is a love letter to Maine
Updated: April 16, 2025The Maine Lobster Museum, set to open its digital doors on May 8, will offer visitors a virtual tour of all things lobster from biology to culinary traditions and Lady Gaga’s famous bejeweled headpiece.
Updated: April 16, 2025-
Scallop fishermen face tough choices after the federal fishery is paused
April 15, 2025A number of Maine fisherman set up operations in Gloucester, Mass., during peak scallop season. But NOAA's pause on the scallop season has put some Mainers in limbo.
April 15, 2025 
Jonesport land-based fish farm set to move forward after winning appeal
April 11, 2025The construction timeline, originally planned to break ground in 2023, will be determined by current economic and financial conditions, which the company is assessing.
April 11, 2025
A trust banks groundfish and scallop quotas for Maine fishermen
Updated: April 8, 2025The Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association in Brunswick and the Maine chapter of the Nature Conservancy said the Fisheries Trust of Maine is designed to ensure that there are permits and quotas available for fishermen to lease.
Updated: April 8, 2025
Casco Bay municipalities get help in making waterfront planning decisions
March 28, 2025Greater Portland Council of Governments upgraded information to help Casco Bay municipalities, harbormasters, aquaculture farmers and coastal stakeholders manage nearshore resources more effectively.
March 28, 2025
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