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New tool will help working waterfronts track threats, changes
Laurie Schreiber February 23, 2023“Without historical working waterfront infrastructure or the potential for new infrastructure, what is a very difficult job physically and financially, becomes increasingly difficult, if not impossible,” said lobsterman Hugh Bowen.
Laurie Schreiber February 23, 2023
Maine rockweed a growing business, triples growth
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 17, 2023Rockweed, which is used as a thickening agent in food, cosmetics and paint, has been increasingly sought after. In 2021 in Maine, 15.1 million pounds of rockweed were landed, with a value of $965,481, up from 20 years ago, when 4.7 million pounds
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 17, 2023
Castine digital shellfish tag developer raises $4.1M to expand market
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 17, 2023BlueTrace raised $3.2 million in seed funding, bringing the company’s fundraising total to $4.1 million to expand its market and the software platform’s features.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 17, 2023
With Millinocket proposal, salmon farming would head north
Peter Van Allen February 16, 2023A proposal for a aquaculture operation at the former Great Northern Paper mill site has gotten backing from state and local officials, but must still go through the permitting process.
Peter Van Allen February 16, 2023
Lisbon aquaponics farm could more than double production after $22M expansion
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 16, 2023After completing the 120,000-square-foot greenhouse, it’s expected that Springworks Farm will produce about 5 million heads of organic lettuce and 315,000 pounds of tilapia per year.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: February 16, 2023
Frenchman Bay group pushes for policy changes to guide fish farms
Laurie Schreiber February 15, 2023Top among the proposals is a moratorium on the approval or renewal of net-pen fish farms. American Aquafarms’s applications for a 120-acre lease was nixed last year, but the company has said it would submit new applications as soon as possible.
Laurie Schreiber February 15, 2023
Maine's Inland Fisheries and Wildlife commissioner to serve on North American council
Alexis Wells February 14, 2023Judy Camuso, commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, has been appointed to the North American Wetlands Conservation council. She's the first person from Maine in that role.
Alexis Wells February 14, 2023
Cousins Maine Lobster launches territory in the Gulf Coast
Alexis Wells February 13, 2023In the past two months, Cousins Maine Lobster launched in Denver, Colo., and expanded into Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Alexis Wells February 13, 2023
A Castine-based digital shellfish tagging system helps growers cut through the red tape
Laurie Schreiber February 13, 2023BlueTrace developed a digital tracing system for seafood harvesters, growers, distributors and dealers that lets users print tags with a QR code and send reports to regulators and buyers with a click of a button.
Laurie Schreiber February 13, 2023City + Harbor Real Estate donates to lobster industry defense fund
Staff Updated: February 13, 2023The group’s founders both have roots in the lobster industry. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association is raising $10 million to challenge federal regulations.
Staff Updated: February 13, 2023
King bill would double overseas marketing of agricultural exports
Renee Cordes Updated: February 1, 2023The Expanding Agricultural Exports Act would double federal funding to market U.S. agricultural products overseas including blueberries and lobsters from Maine.
Renee Cordes Updated: February 1, 2023
Maine scallop farmers offer ‘unique’ benefit, poised for growth
Laurie Schreiber January 25, 2023A new video by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration touts the benefits of farming the scallop, which has to potential to serve as a specialty market within the seafood industry.
Laurie Schreiber January 25, 2023
Boatbuilders, oyster farmers and kelp growers help preserve working waterfront in Yarmouth
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 23, 2023The nonprofit Sea Meadow Marine Foundation bought a 12-acre working waterfront parcel to operate the site as a business incubator and marine business hub.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 23, 2023
A village on Mount Desert Island looks to restore health of harbor
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 17, 2023Residents are concerned about declines of fish, clams and other organisms. But sussing out causes is tricky. Is clam loss due to a local causeway or global acidification?
Laurie Schreiber Updated: January 17, 2023
Biddeford edible seaweed producer partners with Japanese food manufacturer
Laurie Schreiber January 12, 2023Ocean’s Balance makes a line of seaweed products designed for use as an ingredient in cooking, as a topping, or to be eaten out of the bag. The seaweed farm and food producer based in Biddeford raised a round of financing from investors in Japan,
Laurie Schreiber January 12, 2023
New program to study impact of climate change on whelks, worms and mollusks
Laurie Schreiber January 5, 2023Marine harvesters, including wormers, have come to the department with questions about the impact of climate change.
Laurie Schreiber January 5, 2023
Today's Poll
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For many, Thanksgiving means gathering with family and friends. It can also mean travel headaches.
AAA predicts a record 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday, Nov. 25, and Monday, Dec. 1.
Of those travelers, 73 million will go by car — up 1.3 million from a year ago.
With the federal shutdown resolved, air travel is expected to be back at normal levels — although, in this case, it will mean normal Thanksgiving levels. AAA predicts that 6 million people will travel by air, a 2% increase. (Last year, Portland International Jetport broke its Thanksgiving travel record, with 64,348 travelers, up from 54,636 in 2023.)
Another 2.5 million people will travel by bus, train or cruise ship.
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