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Maine leaders call on Seafood Watch to reverse lobster ‘avoid’ designation
Staff September 9, 2022Leaders said the watchdog organization is holding the Maine lobster industry to an impossible “guilty until proven innocent” standard.
Staff September 9, 2022
Red’s Eats launches fundraising challenge for lobster industry
Staff September 7, 2022The industry directly employs about 10,000 people and interacts with other sectors such as real estate, hotels, restaurants and trucking companies.
Staff September 7, 2022
Industry association decries new ‘avoid’ rating of lobster
Laurie Schreiber September 7, 2022The update was attributed to risks to the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Maine's fishery hasn’t had a documented interaction with the species in nearly 20 years.
Laurie Schreiber September 7, 2022
A Maine oyster grower’s creed: patience, patience, patience
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 31, 2022A former teacher in Cranberry Isles' two-room schoolhouse has built an aquaculture business that recently took a top prize in the Mount Desert Business Boot Camp. She explains how her business has grown, one oyster at a time.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 31, 2022
After 34 years, the Maine Island Trail Association has a home for its workboat fleet
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2022The stewardship organization depends on its fleet of workboats to carry out its mission of caring for island and mainland sites. Now it has a storage facility for those essential watercraft.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 28, 2022
American Aquafarms withdraws lawsuit against state in favor of open dialogue
Laurie Schreiber July 27, 2022The goal is to make the proposal for a salmon farm on Frenchman Bay acceptable within Department of Maine Resources criteria. “We’re not going anywhere,” said a company spokesperson.
Laurie Schreiber July 27, 2022
Fishermen’s association finds new way to market an ‘underloved’ species
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 26, 2022Not everyone is comfortable cooking the variety of seafood harvested by Maine fishermen. A stew developed for retail and restaurant sales might help change that feeling about one species.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 26, 2022
Jonesport vote allows Kingfish Maine project to head to planning board
Laurie Schreiber July 21, 2022Voters rejected a moratorium that would have put the brakes on land-based aquaculture operations.
Laurie Schreiber July 21, 2022
In whale protection effort, federal court reinstates lobstering ban off Maine coast
Laurie Schreiber July 14, 2022The court said the balance “tips heavily in favor of protected species” compared with hardships posed by the seasonal ban to the lobster industry.
Laurie Schreiber July 14, 2022
Maine fishermen ask feds to slow offshore wind development
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 12, 2022Draft guidance considers financial compensation to fishermen in cases of gear or income loss. But, said one industry leader, “You’re a long way into this process without having any understanding of how the industry will deal with these losses.”
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 12, 2022
Court says federal right whale protection inadequate, but avoids shuttering lobster fishery
Laurie Schreiber July 11, 2022A federal judge said regulators might find other measures to reduce deadly run-ins between whales and fishing gear, or might find those interactions are fewer than estimated.
Laurie Schreiber July 11, 2022
BIW’s former president takes a new job, north of the border
Jessica Hall July 6, 2022Dirk Lesko will serve as the next president of Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc., which builds warships for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Jessica Hall July 6, 2022
Amid plans for Belfast salmon facility, Nordic Aquafarms changes leadership
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 6, 2022The founder-CEO and an executive vice president have stepped down, and now a Mainer will serve as interim CEO of the U.S. business. The transition comes with projects underway in Belfast and in California.
Laurie Schreiber Updated: July 6, 2022
$15M in state grants awarded to bolster Maine seafood dealers, processors
Staff Updated: June 30, 2022The money, for infrastructure and other business investments, comes amid an “unprecedented level of uncertainty” that has affected the industry during the pandemic.
Staff Updated: June 30, 2022
Maine startups have a range of options when it comes to building a team
Renee Cordes Updated: June 27, 2022A roundup from the Mainebiz Startup Hub issue shows that while marshaling talent can be tough for new companies, there are various paths to success.
Renee Cordes Updated: June 27, 2022
Maine will reimburse commercial fishermen, aquaculturists $8.3M for license fees
Renee Cordes Updated: June 24, 2022The first round of payments will amount to $4.2 million and will be mailed by the end of the month. As one example, the holder of a Class II lobster license with 800 lobster tags would receive $1,203.
Renee Cordes Updated: June 24, 2022
Today's Poll
Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank
With the official end of summer this past weekend, we're taking a look back at how the season unfolded.
Back in early August, we asked how the summer tourism season was going — and at the time, the majority of respondents told us it could be better. And remember, the season started very rainy and ended amid a drought.
Now that the season has wrapped up, we're checking in again to see how things ended. Did things improve? Did tourism pick up later in the summer, or did the season fall short of expectations?
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