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Fisheries & Marine
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Portland considers proposal for $360K public landing in Ocean Gateway complex
April 20, 2021The landing would provide needed public short-term berths for boaters, while freeing up other space along the city's crowded waterfront.
April 20, 2021
Portland one step closer to harbor dredging, deemed essential to working waterfront
April 16, 2021A system of containment for contaminated dredging material, called a “confined aquatic disposal cell,” would provide a safe place for the disposal of contaminated sediment when Portland Harbor is dredged to free up piers, wharfs and waterfront.
April 16, 2021
State regulators withdraw Kennebec dams removal amendment
April 9, 2021The move comes a week after Brookfield Renewables, which owns the dams in Waterville-Winslow, Fairfield and Skowhegan, filed a suit seeking to halt the potential removal of dams.
April 9, 2021
Freedom Boat Club of Maine expands to Boothbay region
April 7, 2021Boothbay Harbor's Linekin Bay Resort will be the fifth location for the Freedom Boat Club of Maine, which is also at Yarmouth Boat Yard, Moose Landing Marina in Naples, Fore Points Marina in Portland and Sunset Marina in Portland.
April 7, 2021
GMRI gets fed grant to help seafood businesses innovate
April 6, 2021The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has been awarded a federal grant of $749,856 to help bluetech startups and small seafood businesses recover from the pandemic.
April 6, 2021
FocusMaine results report shows growth in targeted industries, even through pandemic
April 1, 2021During the pandemic, Maine’s food, beverage and aquaculture businesses developed innovative products and opened new sales channels, while the life sciences industry helped speed virus detection and vaccine development, according to a new report.
April 1, 2021
Lincolnville boatbuilders to restore 1928 NJ oyster schooner
April 1, 2021The AJ Meerwald once worked the oyster fishery in southern New Jersey, and is now an educational attraction. A nine-month restoration is planned. “It’s the very definition of a working waterfront,” said Belfast’s mayor.
April 1, 2021
Maine Port Authority CEO Jonathan Nass to leave for Mississippi role
March 26, 2021"It’s a great opportunity to run an incredible operation," Maine Port Authority CEO Jonathan Nass told Mainebiz of his new role at the Port of Gulfport. His tentative start date as CEO and executive director is June 1.
March 26, 2021
In historically tough year, Maine fishermen brought in history's 9th-most valuable catch
March 25, 2021At this time last year, as the lobster industry was facing a pending market collapse with restaurants and other seafood buyers shut down, dealers found new markets and harvesters adapted.
March 25, 2021
100 fishing boats gather off Monhegan in protest of offshore wind development
March 22, 2021Fishermen and waterfront communities are increasingly concerned by the pace of wind-power development off the Maine coast, said one industry representative. The state has identified an "area of interest" for a demonstration project.
March 22, 2021
Bar Harbor council skeptical of salmon farm proposed in Frenchman Bay
March 17, 2021Rigid frameworks would be fitted with ultrastrong polymer sacks reinforced with another layer of netting. But the technology is “emergent.” “It seems to me you’re suggesting we allow our bay to be a sacrifice zone,” said one councilor.
March 17, 2021
Plans in the works to reopen Bar Harbor oceanarium by 2022
Updated: March 15, 2021After 18 months on the market, the new owner plans renovations and new programs at the attraction. “The whole place is fun for kids. We don’t want that to go to waste,” said the buyer.
Updated: March 15, 2021
Maine fishermen caught in a quandary over offshore wind-array site
Updated: March 11, 2021The state has identified a general area off the southern Maine coast as a potential site for a planned wind-turbine array, but an official says, “We know the industry has emphasized that nowhere is a good place for this."
Updated: March 11, 2021
American Aquafarms seeks approval for ocean-based salmon pens
March 10, 2021Proposed leases in Frenchman Bay would cover 120 acres, with pen installations totaling 13 acres. The company, backed by a Norway investor, has an agreement to buy the Maine Fair Trade Lobster facility in Gouldsboro to redevelop into a hatchery and
March 10, 2021
Portland family open to bids for all or part of Union Wharf
March 9, 2021"Our interest for whatever part we may sell is to find a like-minded entity to carry on the tradition of maintaining and working pier and a working waterfront," Charlie Poole of Proprietors of Union Wharf told Mainebiz on Monday.
March 9, 2021
Grassroots efforts: For small businesses, diversity and inclusion revealed in everyday actions
Updated: August 31, 2021In this feature from a special issue on diversity, equity and inclusion, Mainebiz looks at why DEI for small businesses can ultimately be a matter of small changes in everyday operations.
Updated: August 31, 2021
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