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Fisheries & Marine
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Cousins Maine Lobster continues expansion push with launch of Maryland franchise
August 14, 2023Cousins Maine Lobster was founded in 2012 with a single food truck and then grew nationally after appearing on the TV pitch show "Shark Tank."
August 14, 2023
Sea farmers get another tool to help boost business
Updated: August 10, 2023A new manual outlines financial resources available to the aquaculture industry. It comes at a time when many small businesses are developing business plans to scale operations.
Updated: August 10, 2023
A Maine boatyard has an electric boat it says could energize the working waterfront
July 28, 2023The vessel Take Charge is powered by a 40-horsepower Flux Marine electric outboard, and charged with solar power. While the boat is in use, data is gathered using a “baseline usage device” to help inform improvements in future electric-boat hull
July 28, 2023
Island Institute could get $1.5M to shore up lobster industry, coastal communities
Updated: July 18, 2023The money would support work to provide financial education, income diversification training and business skill development for Maine lobstermen.
Updated: July 18, 2023
Aquaculture trainees learn the ropes in summer programs
July 14, 2023“It’s exciting to see all of the ventures popping up within my home state, which makes me feel like I don’t have to travel far in order to find a career on the water,” said a pre-apprentice.
July 14, 2023
$35M for Maine’s lobster industry advanced in Senate funding bill
July 14, 2023About $30 million will go to Atlantic right whale-related research and monitoring, which could help the lobster industry in its assertion that it doesn’t cross paths with the endangered whale.
July 14, 2023
King bill would create national aquaculture office
Updated: June 30, 2023The SHELLS Act would create a designated office for aquaculture within the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assist shellfish harvesters and farmers.
Updated: June 30, 2023
FAME approves loan to help a Millinocket aquaculture business
June 28, 2023Katahdin Salmon Inc. will be at the site of the former Millinocket Paper Mill, which closed in 2008. The loan will help create up to 80 jobs in Millinocket.
June 28, 2023
Bigelow Laboratory outfits research vessel that was a gift from Vermont college
June 25, 2023With a chartered boat previously used, it would take five hours to reach research sites, leaving little time for research. Now researchers can be on-site in less than two hours.
June 25, 2023
Southern Maine businessman scoops up marine towing service
June 21, 2023Sea Tow was established in 1983 when the Coast Guard stopped responding to non-emergency boating calls. The company now has franchises in over 500 ports nationwide.
June 21, 2023
Lobster industry gets another reprieve in federal plan to curtail harvesting
Updated: June 19, 2023The court said lack of data led to an estimate of 46 whale deaths per decade, a “staggering departure from the two documented deaths” over nine years.
Updated: June 19, 2023
Incoming head of Gulf of Maine Research Institute brings international expertise
Updated: June 13, 2023Glenn Prickett will assume the role of CEO on Sept. 1, replacing former CEO Don Perkins, who announced the search for his successor along with his intention to retire last November after nearly 30 years in the leadership role.
Updated: June 13, 2023
SCORE Maine honors small businesses that stand out
Updated: June 13, 2023Winners represent sectors from farming to janitorial services. Shannon Kinney, founder and chief client success officer at Dream Local Digital, a Thomaston-based digital marketing agency, was the keynote speaker at last week's SCORE awards luncheon.
Updated: June 13, 2023
Money for mussels, meat & more: 20 Maine businesses to share $185K in 'Tastemakers' grants
Updated: June 9, 2023The initiative, now in its third year, is a partnership between Coastal Enterprises Inc. and FocusMaine.
Updated: June 9, 2023
Seafood industry contributes $3.2B a year to the Maine economy, report says
Updated: May 31, 2023A first-ever economic analysis found Maine’s seafood sector had $3.2 billion in total output in 2019, the latest year available. The output was driven by retail sales, lobster harvesting and seafood processing.
Updated: May 31, 2023
This world is your oyster: A robust oyster farming industry thrives — despite hard work and nature’s wily ways
Updated: May 29, 2023Oyster farming has grown from a few operations 40 years ago to about 150 farms today, driven by an optimal growing environment, conducive regulations, a strong market and training programs.
Updated: May 29, 2023
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